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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—PennsylvaniaJared INGERSOLL
(1749-1822)
INGERSOLL, Jared, (father
of Charles Jared Ingersoll and Joseph ReedIngersoll), a Delegate
from Pennsylvania; born in New Haven, Conn., October 24, 1749;
received a classical education; was graduated from Yale College in
1766; settled in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1771; studied law and was
admitted to the bar in 1773; finished his legal education at the
Middle Temple, London, England, in 1774, and then went to Paris in
1776; returned to Philadelphia in 1778 and commenced practice;
Member of the Continental Congress in 1780; delegate to the
convention that framed the Federal Constitution in 1787; was the
first attorney general of Pennsylvania 1790-1799 and served again
from 1811 to 1817; United States district attorney for the eastern
district of Pennsylvania; declined the appointment of judge of the
Federal court in 1801; unsuccessful Federalist candidate for Vice
President of the United States in 1812; presiding judge of the
district court of Philadelphia County until his death in
Philadelphia, Pa., October 31, 1822; interment in the First
Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fourth and Pine Streets.
Bibliography
Gipson, Lawrence H. American Loyalist, Jared Ingersoll. New
Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1971.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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