Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. This specific family group is a subset of themuch largerFour ThousandRelated Politicians group. An individual may be listed with more than one subset. These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist. | | Jonathan Ingersoll (1747-1823) — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,April16, 1747.Member ofConnecticutcouncil of assistants, 1792-97; superior court judge inConnecticut, 1798-1801, 1811-16;LieutenantGovernor of Connecticut, 1816-23; died in office 1823.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January12, 1823 (age75 years, 271days).Burial location unknown. | | Jared Ingersoll (1749-1822) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October24, 1749.Lawyer;Delegateto Continental Congress from Pennsylvania, 1780-81;member,U.S. Constitutional Convention, 1787;Pennsylvaniastate attorney general, 1791-1800, 1811-16;U.S.Attorney for Pennsylvania, 1800-01; candidate forVicePresident of the United States, 1812; district judge inPennsylvania, 1821-22.Presbyterian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October31, 1822 (age73 years, 7days).Interment atOldPine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Charles Jared Ingersoll (1782-1862) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,October3, 1782.Democrat.Lawyer;poet;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania, 1813-15, 1841-49 (1st District1813-15, 3rd District 1841-43, 4th District 1843-49);U.S.Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1815-29;member ofPennsylvaniastate house of representatives, 1830;delegateto Pennsylvania state constitutional convention, 1837;federaljudge, 1853.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,May 14,1862 (age79 years, 223days).Interment atWoodlandsCemetery, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Joseph Reed Ingersoll (1786-1868) — of Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 14,1786.Whig.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 2nd District, 1835-37, 1841-49;U.S. Minister toGreat Britain, 1852-53.Episcopalian.Died in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,February20, 1868 (age81 years, 251days).Interment atSt.Peter's Episcopal Churchyard, Philadelphia, Pa. | | Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (1789-1872) — also known asRalph I. Ingersoll;"YoungHotspur" —of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February8, 1789.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1820-25;Speaker ofthe Connecticut State House of Representatives, 1824;U.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1825-33;mayorof New Haven, Conn., 1830-31; U.S. Minister toRussia, 1846-48.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,August26, 1872 (age83 years, 200days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Zadock Pratt (1790-1871) — of New York. Born in Stephentown,RensselaerCounty, N.Y.,October30, 1790.Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the War of 1812;tanner;justice of the peace;banker;U.S.Representative from New York, 1837-39, 1843-45 (8th District1837-39, 11th District 1843-45); delegate to Democratic NationalConvention from New York,1852.Died in Bergen town (now part of Jersey City),HudsonCounty, N.J.,April 5,1871 (age80 years, 157days).Interment atCityCemetery, Prattsville, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Zadock Pratt, Sr. and Hannah (Pickett) Pratt; married,October18, 1818, to Beda Dickerman; married1823 to EstherDickerman; married,October12, 1827, to Abigail P. Watson; married,March16, 1835, to Mary E. Watson; married,October16, 1869, to Susie A. Grimm; father ofGeorgeWatson Pratt and Julia Harriet Pratt (who marriedColinMacrae Ingersoll); grandfather ofGeorgePratt Ingersoll. | | |  | Political family:Ingersoll#1 family of New Haven, Connecticut (subset of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | Epitaph: "Died Ever Regretted. WhileMember of Congress, Moved the Reduction of Postage, A.D. 1838, andthe Survey for a Railroad to the Pacific, A.D. 1844." | | |  | See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article |
| | Charles Anthony Ingersoll (1798-1860) — also known asCharles A. Ingersoll — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,October19, 1798.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1827;U.S.District Judge for Connecticut, 1853-60; died in office 1860.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,February7, 1860 (age61 years, 111days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Laman Ingersoll (1805-1863) — of Guilford,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.Born in Guilford,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,April 2,1805.Member ofNew Yorkstate assembly from Chenango County 2nd District, 1851.Died in Guilford,ChenangoCounty, N.Y.,December30, 1863 (age58 years, 272days).Interment atSunset Hill Cemetery, Guilford, N.Y.| |  Relatives: Sonof Thomas Horton Ingersoll and Elizabeth (Laman) Ingersoll; married,January12, 1825, to Sarah Sherwood; second cousin twice removed ofJonathanIngersoll andJaredIngersoll; third cousin once removed ofCharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; third cousin twice removed ofJonathanHunt; fourth cousin ofChesterAshley,ColinMacrae Ingersoll andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofElijahHunt Mills,OrlandoKellogg,EbonClarke Ingersoll,RobertGreen Ingersoll,CharlesEdward Ingersoll andGeorgePratt Ingersoll. | | |  | Political families:Ingersoll#1 family of New Haven, Connecticut;Ingersoll#2 family of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | See alsoFind-A-Gravememorial |
| | Colin Macrae Ingersoll (1819-1903) — also known asColin M. Ingersoll — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,March11, 1819.Democrat.Lawyer;U.S.Representative from Connecticut 2nd District, 1851-55; delegateto Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1860,1876;AdjutantGeneral of Connecticut, 1867-71.Died, ofpneumonia,in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September13, 1903 (age84 years, 186days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | Charles Roberts Ingersoll (1821-1903) — also known asCharles R. Ingersoll — of New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,September16, 1821.Democrat.Lawyer;member ofConnecticutstate house of representatives from New Haven, 1856-58, 1866,1871; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Connecticut,1864;Governorof Connecticut, 1873-77.Died in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,January25, 1903 (age81 years, 131days).Interment atGroveStreet Cemetery, New Haven, Conn. | | George Watson Pratt (1830-1862) — also known asGeorge W. Pratt — of Kingston,UlsterCounty, N.Y.Born in Prattsville,GreeneCounty, N.Y.,April18, 1830.Leathermanufacturer; member ofNew Yorkstate senate 10th District, 1858-59; colonel in the Union Armyduring the Civil War.Shotand wounded at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Va., August 30, 1862,anddiedas a result, in Albany,AlbanyCounty, N.Y.,September11, 1862 (age32 years, 146days).Interment atAlbanyRural Cemetery, Menands, N.Y. | | Ebon Clarke Ingersoll (1831-1879) — also known asEbon C. Ingersoll;ClarkIngersoll —of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.Born in Marshall,OneidaCounty, N.Y.,December12, 1831.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIllinoisstate house of representatives, 1857;U.S.Representative from Illinois 5th District, 1864-71; defeated,1862.Died inWashington,D.C.,May 31,1879 (age47 years, 170days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.  | Robert Green Ingersoll (1833-1899) — also known asRobert G. Ingersoll;"The GreatAgnostic";"American Infidel";"Impious Pope Bob" —of Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.;Washington,D.C.Born in Dresden,YatesCounty, N.Y.,August11, 1833.Lawyer;Democratic candidate forIllinoisstate house of representatives 5th District, 1860; colonel in theUnion Army during the Civil War;chargedabout 1864 withassaultand battery against the Peoria County Sheriff;tried;the jury was deadlocked and could not reach a verdict; the case wasdismissed before a new trial could be held;Illinoisstate attorney general, 1867-69; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Illinois,1876;made the nominating speech which dubbedJamesG. Blaine as "The Plumed Knight".Agnostic.Died in Dobbs Ferry,WestchesterCounty, N.Y.,July 21,1899 (age65 years, 344days).Cremated;ashes interred atArlingtonNational Cemetery, Arlington, Va.; statue erected 1911 atGlenOak Park, Peoria, Ill.| |  Relatives: Sonof Rev. John Ingersoll and Mary (Livingston) Ingersoll; brother ofEbonClarke Ingersoll; married,February13, 1862, to Eve Amelia Parker; uncle ofJohnCarter Ingersoll; second cousin thrice removed ofJonathanIngersoll andJaredIngersoll; third cousin twice removed ofCharlesJared Ingersoll,JosephReed Ingersoll,RalphIsaacs Ingersoll andCharlesAnthony Ingersoll; fourth cousin once removed ofLamanIngersoll,ColinMacrae Ingersoll andCharlesRoberts Ingersoll. | | |  | Political families:Ingersoll#1 family of New Haven, Connecticut;Ingersoll#2 family of New Haven, Connecticut (subsets of theFourThousand Related Politicians). | | |  | See alsoNNDBdossier | | |  | Books about Robert G. Ingersoll: OrvinLarson,AmericanInfidel: Robert G. Ingersoll | | |  | Image source: William C. Roberts,Leading Orators (1884) |
| | Charles Edward Ingersoll (1860-1932) — of Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.; Penllyn,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.Born in Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaCounty, Pa.,June 17,1860.Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention fromPennsylvania,1896;candidate forU.S.Representative from Pennsylvania 7th District, 1902.Died, fromarteriosclerosisandchronicnephritis, in Penllyn,MontgomeryCounty, Pa.,June 6,1932 (age71 years, 355days).Interment atChurchof the Messiah Cemetery, Gwynedd Valley, Pa. | | John Carter Ingersoll (1860-1903) — also known asJohn C. Ingersoll — ofWashington,D.C.Born in Peoria,PeoriaCounty, Ill.,March20, 1860.U.S. Consul inCopenhagen, as of 1898-99;Cartagena, as of 1902.Died in Colón, Colombia (nowPanama),June6, 1903 (age43 years, 78days).Interment atOakHill Cemetery, Washington, D.C. | | George Pratt Ingersoll (1861-1927) — also known asGeorge P. Ingersoll — of Ridgefield,FairfieldCounty, Conn.Born in New Haven,New HavenCounty, Conn.,April24, 1861.Democrat.Lawyer;candidate forU.S.Representative from Connecticut at-large, 1910; U.S. Minister toSiam, 1917-18.Episcopalian.Member,DeltaPsi.Died in Stamford,FairfieldCounty, Conn.,February24, 1927 (age65 years, 306days).Interment atFairlawn Cemetery, Ridgefield, Conn.
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