Ebon C. Ingersoll

Ebon C. Ingersoll

Grave of Ebon C. Ingersoll, Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, DC

Ebon Clark Ingersoll (born December 12, 1831 in Dresden , Yates County , New York , †  May 31, 1879 in Washington, DC ) was an American politician . Between 1864 and 1871 he represented the state of Illinois in the US House of Representatives .

Career

In 1843, Ebon Ingersoll, the older brother of Robert G. Ingersoll , came to the Wisconsin Territory . Soon after, he moved to Peoria , Illinois. He attended the schools of his respective country and in Paducah ( Kentucky ). After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1854, he began to work in this profession in Peoria. At the same time he embarked on a political career as a member of the Republican Party . In 1856 he was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives.

After the death of MP Owen Lovejoy , Ingersoll was elected in the due by-election for the fifth seat of Illinois as his successor to the US House of Representatives in Washington, where he took up his new mandate on May 20, 1864. After three re-elections, he could remain in Congress until March 3, 1871 . During this time the civil war ended . Since 1865, the work of Congress has been overshadowed by tension between Republicans and President Andrew Johnson , which culminated in a narrowly unsuccessful impeachment trial. Between 1865 and 1869 Ingersoll was chairman of the District of Columbia Administration Committee . He then headed the Committee for Roads and Canal Construction and the Committee for Railways and Canals from 1869 to 1871. In 1870 he was not re-elected.

After his time in the US House of Representatives, Ebon Ingersoll practiced as a lawyer in the federal capital Washington, where he died on May 31, 1879.

Web links

• Ebon C. Ingersoll in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Ebon C. Ingersoll in the database of Find a Grave (English)