{{Short description|American politician (born 1955)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Phil Nicholas |image = Nicholas Phil.jpg |office = President of the Wyoming Senate |term_start = January 13, 2015 |term_end = January 10, 2017 |predecessor = Tony Ross |successor = Eli Bebout |state_senate1 = Wyoming |district1 = 10th |term_start1 = January 2005 |term_end1 = January 2017 |predecessor1 = Irene Devin |successor1 = Glenn Moniz |state_house2 = Wyoming |district2 = 14th |term_start2 = 1997 |term_end2 = 2004 |predecessor2 = Irene Devin |successor2 = Kermit Brown |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|3|16}} |birth_place = Lander, Wyoming, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Republican |alma_mater = Oregon State University<br>University of Wyoming }} '''Philip Nicholas''' (born March 16, 1955) is an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate for the 10th district, encompassing Albany County.<ref name="legislature">[https://web.archive.org/web/20090828015817/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/LegislatorSummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=594 Legislature biography]</ref><ref name="senate">{{cite web|url=https://wyoleg.gov/2007/members/s10.htm|title=SENATE DISTRICT 10 MEMBER - Phil Nicholas|website=legisweb.state.wy.us}}</ref><ref name="law">[http://www.wyolegal.com/PhilipNicholas.html Law firm biography] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425130349/http://www.wyolegal.com/PhilipNicholas.html |date=2012-04-25 }}</ref>
==Biography== Nicholas was born in Lander in Fremont County in central Wyoming.<ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/> 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.<ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/><ref name="law"/> He works as an attorney for the law firm Nicholas & Tangeman, LLC in Laramie.<ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/><ref name="law"/><ref name="bar">{{cite web|url=http://www.wyomingbar.org/annualmeeting_2006/bio.html?n=+Hon.+Philip+A.+Nicholas&-session=wybar_user:43C36FB51b90d0CD32UNI1441E26|title=Wyoming state bar event|publisher=}}</ref>
He served as a member of the Wyoming House of Representatives from 1997 to 2004 where he represented the 14th district.<ref name = "election1996">{{cite web |title=Legislative Candidates Abstracts|url=https://sos.wyo.gov/Elections/Docs/1996/96Results/96General/96General_Legislative%20Candidates.pdf|publisher=Wyoming Secretary of State|date=1996|page=14|accessdate=July 3, 2025}}</ref><ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/><ref name="law"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wygop.org/wyoming-legislature/|title=Wyoming GOP legislature|publisher=|access-date=2011-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111027182751/http://wygop.org/wyoming-legislature/|archive-date=2011-10-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> Since 2005, he has served as a member of the Wyoming Senate.<ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/><ref name="law"/><ref name="bar"/> From 2011-2012 he was the Senate Vice President.<ref name="legisweb.state.wy.us">{{cite web|title=Senator Phil Nicholas|url=http://legisweb.state.wy.us/legislatorsummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=594|website=Wyoming Legislature|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090828015817/http://legisweb.state.wy.us/legislatorsummary/LegDetail.aspx?LegID=594|archive-date=August 28, 2009}}</ref> From 2013-2014, he served as the Senate Majority Floor Leader.<ref name="legisweb.state.wy.us"/> From 2015-2016, Senator Nicholas was President of the Senate.<ref name="legisweb.state.wy.us"/> Nicholas did not run for re-election to the State Senate in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laramieboomerang.com/news/local_news/phil-nicholas-to-retire-from-politics/article_c0357462-fd3f-11e5-9356-534ddcafcf4a.html|title=Phil Nicholas to retire from politics|first=Joel|last=Funk|website=Laramie Boomerang|date=April 8, 2016}}</ref> 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).<ref name="legisweb.state.wy.us"/>
He is married with four children.<ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/> He is a Roman Catholic.<ref name="legislature"/><ref name="senate"/>
His younger brother, Bob Nicholas, is a member of the Wyoming House from District 8 in Cheyenne.
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