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Joseph Reed Ingersoll | |
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| 19thUnited States Minister to Great Britain | |
| In office August 21, 1852 – August 23, 1853 | |
| President | Millard Fillmore |
| Preceded by | Abbott Lawrence |
| Succeeded by | James Buchanan |
| Chair of theHouse Judiciary Committee | |
| In office March 4, 1847 – March 4, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | George O. Rathbun |
| Succeeded by | James Thompson |
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's2nd district | |
| In office October 12, 1841 – March 4, 1849 | |
| Preceded by | John Sergeant |
| Succeeded by | Joseph R. Chandler |
| In office March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 Serving with James Harper | |
| Preceded by | Horace Binney |
| Succeeded by | John Sergeant |
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| Born | Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-06-14)June 14, 1786 |
| Died | February 20, 1868(1868-02-20) (aged 81) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Whig |
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| Parent(s) | Jared Ingersoll Elizabeth Pettit |
| Education | Princeton College |
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Joseph Reed Ingersoll (June 14, 1786 – February 20, 1868) was an American lawyer and statesman fromPhiladelphia,Pennsylvania. In 1835 he followed his father,Jared Ingersoll, and his older brother,Charles Jared Ingersoll, to represent Pennsylvania in theUS House of Representatives.
Ingersoll was born and raised in Philadelphia. His fatherJared Ingersoll, and his older brotherCharles Jared Ingersoll were both members of the US House of Representatives for Pennsylvania.
Ingersoll graduated fromPrinceton College in 1804. In 1825, he was elected to theAmerican Philosophical Society.[1]
He studied law with his father Jared Ingersoll, was admitted to the bar, and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He was elected in1834 as aWhig anti-Jacksonian candidate to the24th Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in1836, serving 1835–1837. He resumed the practice of law.
Ingersoll was elected as a Whig to the27th United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJohn Sergeant. He was reelected as a Whig to the28th,29th, and30th Congresses. He declined to accept the nomination as a candidate for reelection in1848. In all, his second stay in office lasted from 1841 to 1849.
He was the chairman of theUnited States House Committee on the Judiciary during the 30th Congress. He was an advocate for protection and a firm supporter ofHenry Clay. One of his noted efforts in the House was a defense of Clay'stariff of 1842.
In 1852, PresidentMillard Fillmore sent him to theUK as theUS Minister. He served about a year, and then retired.
In retirement, Ingersoll devoting himself to literary pursuits. Ingersoll was a warm adherent of the Union. At the time of theAmerican Civil War, he prepared an essay, "Secession, a Folly and a Crime." He published a translation from the Latin ofRoceus's (Francesco Rocco's) tracts "De Navibus et Naulo" and "De Assecuratione" (Philadelphia, 1809). He authoredMemoir ofSamuel Breck (1863).
The degree ofLL.D. was conferred on him byLafayette College andBowdoin College in 1836, and that ofD.C.L. byUniversity of Oxford in 1845.
He died in Philadelphia in 1868 and was interred in St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Churchyard.
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| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1835–1837 alongside James Harper | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives fromPennsylvania's 2nd congressional district 1841–1849 alongside George Washington Toland (1841–1843) | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by | US Minister to Britain 1852–1853 | Succeeded by |
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