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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaCharles Jared INGERSOLL
(1782-1862)
INGERSOLL, Charles Jared,
(son of Jared Ingersoll and brother of Joseph Reed Ingersoll), a
Representative from Pennsylvania; born in Philadelphia, Pa.,
October 3, 1782; received an academic training; studied law; was
admitted to the bar in 1802 and commenced practice in Philadelphia,
Pa.; elected as a Republican to the Thirteenth Congress (March 4,
1813-March 3, 1815); chairman, Committee on the Judiciary
(Thirteenth Congress); was not a candidate for renomination in
1814, having been appointed United States district attorney for
Pennsylvania, and served in that office, 1815-1829; member of the
State improvement convention in 1825; member of the State house of
representatives in 1830; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1837; appointed secretary of the legation to Prussia
March 8, 1837; unsuccessful candidate in 1837 for election to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of Francis J. Harper in the
Twenty-fifth Congress; unsuccessful candidate for election in 1838
to the Twenty-sixth Congress; elected as a Democrat to the
Twenty-seventh and to the three succeeding Congresses (March 4,
1841-March 3, 1849); chairman, Committee on Foreign Affairs
(Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Congresses); was not a candidate
for renomination in 1848; appointed Minister to France in 1847 but
was not confirmed by the Senate; died on May 14, 1862, in
Philadelphia, Pa.; interment in the Woodlands Cemetery.
Bibliography
Ingersoll, Charles Jared. Recollections, Historical, Political,
Biographical, and Social, of Charles J. Ingersoll.
Philadelphia: Lippincott & Co., 1861; Meigs, William
Montgomery. The Life of Charles Jared Ingersoll. 1897.
Reprint, New York: DaCapo Press, 1970.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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