| Phil Nicholas | |
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| President of the Wyoming Senate | |
| In office January 13, 2015 – January 10, 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Tony Ross |
| Succeeded by | Eli Bebout |
| Member of the Wyoming Senate from the 10th district | |
| In office January 2005 – January 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Irene Devin |
| Succeeded by | Glenn Moniz |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1955-03-16) March 16, 1955 (age 69) Lander, Wyoming, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater | Oregon State University University of Wyoming |
Philip Nicholas (born March 16, 1955) is a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for the 10th district, encompassing Albany County.
Biography
Nicholas was born in Lander in Fremont County in central Wyoming. He graduated from Oregon State University in Corvallis, Oregon, with a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Wyoming College of Law. He works as an attorney for the law firm Nicholas & Tangeman, LLC in Laramie.
He served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1997 to 2004. Since 2005, he has served as a member of the Wyoming Senate. From 2011-2012 he was the Senate Vice President. From 2013-2014, he served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader. From 2015-2016, Senator Nicholas was President of the Senate. Nicholas did not run for re-election to the State Senate in 2016.
He is a member of the Laramie Rotary Club, Co-Chairman of the Laramie Beautification Committee, and an Ex-Officio Member of the Laramie Chamber Business Alliance (formerly the Laramie Economic Development Corporation).
He is married with four children. He is a Roman Catholic.
His younger brother, Bob Nicholas, is a member of the Wyoming House from District 8 in Cheyenne.
References
- ^ Legislature biography
- ^ "SENATE DISTRICT 10 MEMBER - Phil Nicholas". legisweb.state.wy.us.
- ^ Law firm biography Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Wyoming state bar event".
- "Wyoming GOP legislature". Archived from the original on 2011-10-27. Retrieved 2011-11-02.
- ^ "Senator Phil Nicholas". Wyoming Legislature. Archived from the original on August 28, 2009.
- Funk, Joel (April 8, 2016). "Phil Nicholas to retire from politics". Laramie Boomerang.
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67th Legislature (2023)
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- 1955 births
- Living people
- Republican Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives
- Oregon State University alumni
- People from Lander, Wyoming
- Politicians from Laramie, Wyoming
- University of Wyoming College of Law alumni
- Wyoming lawyers
- Wyoming Republicans
- Presidents of the Wyoming Senate
- Republican Party Wyoming state senators
- Catholics from Wyoming
- 21st-century members of the Wyoming Legislature