Samuel D. Ingham
| Samuel Delucenna Ingham | |
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| 9th United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
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In office March 6, 1829 – June 20, 1831 |
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| President | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | Richard Rush |
| Succeeded by | Louis McLane |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1829 |
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| Preceded by | Seat added |
| Succeeded by | Peter Ihrie, Jr. |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania's 6th district |
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In office March 4, 1813 – July 6, 1818 |
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| Preceded by | William Crawford |
| Succeeded by | Vacant |
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In office October 7, 1822 – March 3, 1823 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel Moore |
| Succeeded by | Robert Harris |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives | |
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In office 1806–1808 |
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September 16, 1779 New Hope, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Died | June 5, 1860 (aged 80) Trenton, New Jersey, USA |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican, Democrat |
| Spouse(s) | Rebecca Dodd Ingham Deborah Hall Ingham |
| Profession | Politician, lawyer |
Samuel Delucenna Ingham (September 16, 1779 – June 5, 1860) was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson.
Ingham was born at near New Hope, Pennsylvania. His parents were Dr. Jonathan Ingham, "a famous physician from Philadelphia", and his wife, the former Ann Welding. After a pursuit of classical studies, he was an apprentice to a paper maker along Pennypack Creek not far from Philadelphia.
After completing his apprenticeship, Ingham became the manager of a paper mill at Bloomfield, New Jersey. It was while here he met Rebecca Dodd, whom he married in 1800. They would have five children.
Also in 1800 Ingham returned to Pennsylvania and established a paper mill on his mother's farm (his father having died in 1793) that would be his main source of employment in the coming years.
He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1806 to 1808. After his service in the legislature Ingham was appointed Justice of the Peace by the Governor of Pennsylvania. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1813 until July 6, 1818. He easily trounced his Federalist opponents in the first two elections and had no opposition at all in 1816. He resigned from Congress in 1818 due to his wife's ill health. He was appointed the Prothonotary (Chief Clerk, Notary and Registrar of the Court) of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, Pennsylvania after leaving Congress. In 1819 Rebecca Dodd Ingham died.
Ingham served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1820.
In 1822 Ingham married Deborah Hall of Salem, New Jersey. They would become the parents of three children.
Also in 1822 Ingham was elected to Congress where he would serve until 1829.
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