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Line 10: In November 1872, Phelps was elected on the [[United States Republican Party\|Republican]] ticket [[New York County District Attorney]], and remained in office until his death, being re-elected in 1875 and 1878. In 1875, Carlotta Frances Shotwell testified before the Assembly Committee on Crime in New York City about the legal abuses in her 1874 trial. It came out in these proceedings that District Attorney Phelps, discussed in depth above, was tied to the Tammany Hall political machine under which many prominent defendants were not pursued vigorously by the District Attorney.<ref>''[http://www.bigbytebooks.com/a-general-betrayal/ A General Betrayal]''; 2016; BIG BYTE BOOKS </ref> ==Personal life==

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