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'''Howard Jay Phillips''' (February 3, 1941   April 20, 2013) was a three-time [[United States|American]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] candidate who served as the chairman of The Conservative Caucus, a [[conservative]] public policy advocacy group founded in Warrenton, [[Virginia]], which he founded in 1974. Phillips was also a founder in 1992 of the U.S. Taxpayers Party, which in 2000 became known as the [[Constitution Party]].

'''Howard Jay Phillips''' (February 3, 1941 – April 20, 2013) was a three-time [[United States|American]] [[U.S. President|presidential]] candidate who served as the chairman of The Conservative Caucus, a [[conservative]] public policy advocacy group founded in Warrenton, [[Virginia]], which he founded in 1974. Phillips was also a founder in 1992 of the U.S. Taxpayers Party, which in 2000 became known as the [[Constitution Party]].

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==Background==

==Background==

Phillips was born into a [[Jewish]] family in the Brighton neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; his father, Frederick Phillips was an [[insurance]] agent; his mother, the former Gertrude Goldberg, a homemaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/Profile_Howard_Phillips.htm Profile of Howard Phillips|title=Profile of Howard Phillips|publisher=Issues2000.org|accessdate=June 6, 2020}}</ref> but he converted to evangelical [[Christianity]] as an adult in the 1970s. A 1962 graduate of [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts,  he was twice elected chairman of the student union. He was also the president of Policy Analysis, Inc., a public policy research organization which publishes the bimonthly ''Issues and Strategy Bulletin.''​ He retired in 2011 as chairman of The Conservative Caucus.

Phillips was born into a [[Jewish]] family in the Brighton neighborhood of [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; his father, Frederick Phillips was an [[insurance]] agent; his mother, the former Gertrude Goldberg, a homemaker,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.issues2000.org/Profile_Howard_Phillips.htm|title=Profile of Howard Phillips|publisher=Issues2000.org|accessdate=June 6, 2020}}</ref> but he converted to evangelical [[Christianity]] as an adult in the 1970s. A 1962 graduate of [[Harvard College]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts|Cambridge]], Massachusetts,  he was twice elected chairman of the student union. He was also the president of Policy Analysis, Inc., a public policy research organization which publishes the bimonthly ''Issues and Strategy Bulletin.''​ He retired in 2011 as chairman of The Conservative Caucus.

Phillips resided in Fairfax County, [[Virginia]],  in the [[Washington, D.C.]], [[suburb]]s with his wife, the former Margaret "Peggy" Elizabeth Blanchard, and their three sons,  Douglas, Bradford and Samuel, and three daughters Elizabeth Amanda Lants, Alexandra, and Jennifer; and 18 grandchildren.<ref name=nyt/>

Phillips resided in Fairfax County, [[Virginia]],  in the [[Washington, D.C.]], [[suburb]]s with his wife, the former Margaret "Peggy" Elizabeth Blanchard, and their three sons,  Douglas, Bradford and Samuel, and three daughters Elizabeth Amanda Lants, Alexandra, and Jennifer; and 18 grandchildren.<ref name=nyt/>