William Wallace Phelps
William Wallace Phelps (June 1, 1826 – August 3, 1873) was a representative from Minnesota.He attended the country schools and graduated from the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor in 1846, where he was a founding member of the Chi Psi fraternity.(Register of the United States land office at Red Wing, Goodhue County, Minnesota) Upon the admission of Minnesota as a state into the Union, he was elected as a Democrat to the 35th congress, and served from May 11, 1858, to March 3, 1859.After leaving congress, he resumed the practice of his profession in Red Wing, Minnesota.William Wallace Phelps died in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan, on August 3, 1873.