The Phelps
- Elisha Phelps (1779–1847), Connecticut State Representative 1807 1812 1814-1818 1821 1829 1835, U.S. Representative from Connecticut 1819-1821 1825-1829, Connecticut State Senator 1822-1824, Connecticut Comptroller 1831-1837. Father of John S. Phelps.
- John S. Phelps (1814–1886), Missouri State Representative 1840, U.S. Representative from Missouri 1845-1863, Governor of Missouri 1877-1881. Son of Elisha Phelps.
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