death_date death_place religion office birth_date term_start residence article_title term_end name occupation alma_mater
december 20 , 1935 boston , massachusetts protestant member the portland , maine city council member of the portland of , maine city council the maine house of representatives member of 1878 december 1910 december 1923 december 1932 100 vaughan street , west end portland , maine philip j. deering
 december 1912 december 1928 december 1937 philip j. deering businessperson yale university
philip j. deering

philip j. deering -lrb- 1878 - december 20 , 1935 -rrb- was an american businessperson and politician from maine .
deering , a democrat , served in the maine house of representatives from one term -lrb- 1910-1912 -rrb- .
he also served four terms as chairman -lrb- de facto mayor -rrb- of the portland , maine city council in 1924 , 1927 , 1934 and 1935 .
deering served on the state highway commission for seven years , including a year as chair .
in 1923 , portland voters dramatically altered the city charter , which included eliminated the previously elected mayor position and by cutting the number of city councilors from 18 common council members and 9 alderman to 5 at-large members .
the election was heavily supported by ` native ' residents from the previous neighborhoods of deering , maine .
there was a strong ethnic conflict in the election , with the ` committee of 100 ' , of which deering was a member , made up of 99 protestants and 1 catholic but no jewish or african-american residents .
deering was elected subsequently elected in a citywide as the top vote-getter .
the new council chose as the first chairman of the city council , which he held twice during his first term in office .
leaving office in 1928 , he was elected again in 1932 .
during his 5 year term which ended in december 1937 , he again served twice as council chair .
he left office less than a month prior to his death .
deering had an intestinal disease and died in december 1935 at peter bent brigham hospital in boston , massachusetts .
