William Wallace Phelps

William Wallace Phelps (June 1, 1826 – August 3, 1873) was a United States congressman from Minnesota. He was born in Oakland County, Michigan Territory on June 1, 1826. 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. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1848 and began a practice. (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 his practice in Red Wing. Phelps died in Spring Lake, Ottawa County, Michigan, on August 3, 1873. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Red Wing.