governor predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place party office birth_date order term_start article_title term_end name
caleb strong john brooks william gray levi lincoln , jr. 4 november 1827 boston , massachusetts boston , massachusetts federalist lieutenant governor of massachusetts 10 april 1750 10th 1812 william phillips , jr. .
 1823 william phillips , jr. .
william phillips , jr. .

william phillips , jr. -lrb- april 10 , 1750 in boston , massachusetts -- may 26 , 1827 in boston -rrb- was a boston merchant , politician and philanthropist .
phillips was the son of william phillips , sr. , a merchant whom he joined in business and became wealthy .
he was elected the tenth lieutenant governor of massachusetts , serving from 1812 to 1823 .
he drafted the letter inviting new england governors to send delegates to the hartford convention of 1815 .
on his death , he bequeathed large sums to phillips andover academy and to andover theological seminary .
phillips married miriam mason -lrb- 1754 -- 1823 -rrb- on september 13 , 1774 in norwich , massachusetts .
they had seven children .
phillips was the grandfather of samuel h. walley who was a u.s. representative from massachusetts .
he was also the first president of the massachusetts general hospital and has a building there named after him .
phillips was elected a member of the american antiquarian society in 1813 .
