Charles Jared Ingersoll

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Charles Jared Ingersoll

Charles Jared Ingersoll (born October 3, 1782 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , †  May 14, 1862 there ) was an American lawyer and politician . Between 1813 and 1815 and again from 1841 to 1849 he represented the state of Pennsylvania in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Charles Ingersoll was the son of Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822), a delegate to the Continental Congress , and a brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868), who was a Congressman from Pennsylvania. He enjoyed an academic education. After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1802, he began to work in Philadelphia in this profession. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Democratic Republican Party .

In the congressional election of 1812 Ingersoll was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the first constituency of Pennsylvania , where he succeeded James Milnor on March 4, 1813 . Since he refused to run again in 1814, he was initially only able to complete one legislative period in Congress until March 3, 1815 . This was determined by the events of the British-American War . During that time, Ingersoll served as Chairman of the Judiciary Committee .

Between 1815 and 1829 Ingersoll served as the federal attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In 1825 he was a delegate to a meeting to improve the infrastructure of his home state. In the 1820s he joined the movement around the future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the Democratic Party founded by this in 1828 . In 1830 he was a member of the House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and in 1837 he took part in the constitutional convention of his state. In 1837 he failed in a by-election and the following year in the regular congressional elections with an attempt to return to the US House of Representatives.

Only in the elections of 1840 Ingersoll was then re-elected to Congress in the third district of his state, where he replaced Charles Naylor on March 4, 1841 . After three re-elections, he could remain in the House of Representatives until March 3, 1849. The period up to 1845 was marked by tension between President John Tyler and the Whigs . In addition, a possible annexation of the Republic of Texas , which has been independent of Mexico since 1836, was already being discussed. This discussion led to the Mexican-American War . From 1843 to 1847 Charles Ingersoll was chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee .

In 1848 he renounced another candidacy. As early as 1847, he had been appointed as the new American envoy to France as the successor to William R. King - an office he was unable to take up because the US Senate did not approve the appointment. Charles Ingersoll died on May 14, 1862 in Philadelphia, where he was also buried.

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predecessor Office successor
James Milnor United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (1st constituency)
with Adam Seybert , John Conard, and William Anderson
March 4, 1813–3. March 1815 		Jonathan Williams
Alexander J. Dallas United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
1815-1829 		George M. Dallas
Charles Naylor United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (3rd constituency)
March 4, 1841–3. March 1843 		John T. Smith
John Edwards United States House of Representatives for Pennsylvania (4th constituency)
March 4, 1843–3. March 1849 		John Robbins
personal data
SURNAME Ingersoll, Charles Jared
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1782
PLACE OF BIRTH Philadelphia , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1862
Place of death Philadelphia , Pennsylvania