Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll

Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (born February 8, 1789 in New Haven , Connecticut , †  August 26, 1872 there ) was an American politician . Between 1825 and 1833 he represented the state of Connecticut in the US House of Representatives . He was also the United States Ambassador to Russia between 1846 and 1848 .

Career

After a good primary school education, Ralph Ingersoll attended Yale College until 1808 . After a subsequent law degree and his admission as a lawyer in 1810, he began to practice in New Haven in his new profession. Politically, he joined the faction around the later President John Quincy Adams in the 1820s , from which the short-lived National Republican Party emerged . Ingersoll became a member of this party, which was in opposition to Andrew Jackson and his later Democratic Party .

In the congressional elections of 1824, which were held nationwide, Ingersoll was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC for the fifth mandate from Connecticut , where he succeeded Ansel Sterling on March 4, 1825 . After three re-elections, he was able to complete four consecutive terms in Congress by March 3, 1833 . These were determined by the political disputes between the two competing parties. Since President Jackson took office in March 1829, his policy has been the focus of discussions. It was about the controversial implementation of the Indian Removal Act and the nullification crisis of a federal customs law with the state of South Carolina . Later there was also the discussion about the president's banking policy.

In 1832 Ingersoll declined to run for Congress again. As a result, he worked again as a lawyer. In 1833 he became a district attorney in New Haven County . After the death of the US Senator Nathan Smith in 1835, Ingersoll rejected the appointment as his successor. Between 1846 and 1848 he was the American envoy to Russia. After his return he continued his practice as a lawyer. In 1851, Ingersoll was elected Mayor of New Haven. After that, he no longer appeared politically. In 1848 he was elected a member of the American Philosophical Society .

Ralph Ingersoll died on August 26, 1872 in his native New Haven. His son Colin (1819-1903) also represented Connecticut in Congress between 1851 and 1855. Whose younger brother Charles (1821-1903) was from 1873 to 1877 governor of Connecticut.

Web links

• Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll in the database of Find a Grave (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Member History: Ralph I. Ingersoll. American Philosophical Society, accessed October 9, 2018 .