Joseph Reed Ingersoll

Joseph Reed Ingersoll
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 2nd district
In office March 4, 1835 – March 4, 1837 Serving with James Harper
Preceded by	Horace Binney
Succeeded by	John Sergeant, George Washington Toland
In office October 12, 1841 – March 3, 1849 Serving with George Washington Toland (1841-1843)
Preceded by	John Sergeant
Succeeded by	Joseph R. Chandler
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
In office October 16, 1852 – August 23, 1853
Preceded by	Abbott Lawrence
Succeeded by	James Buchanan
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Born	June 14, 1786
Died	February 20, 1868
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Joseph Reed Ingersoll (June 14, 1786 – February 20, 1868) was an American lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1835 he followed his father, Jared Ingersoll, and his older brother, Charles Jared Ingersoll, to represent Pennsylvania in the U.S. House.

He graduated from Princeton College in 1804. He studied law with his father, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Philadelphia. He was elected in 1834 as a Whig anti-Jacksonian candidate to the Twenty-fourth Congress. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1836, serving 1835–1837. He resumed the practice of law.

Ingersoll was elected as a Whig to the Twenty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of John Sergeant. He was reelected as a Whig to the Twenty-eighth, Twenty-ninth, and Thirtieth Congresses. He declined to accept the nomination as a candidate for reelection in 1848. In all, his second stay in office lasted from 1841 to 1849.

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