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John Calhoun Phillips (November 13 1870 – June 25 1943) was the third Governor of the state of Arizona. He served from January 7 1929 to January 5 1931.Born in 1870 in Vermont Illinois Phillips graduated from Hedding College in 1893 and passed the bar in Illinois. He moved to Arizona in 1898 where he practiced private law while at the same time working as a construction worker to earn a living. He helped to build the state capitol building that he would later occupy as governor.