Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll

Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll (February 8, 1789 – August 26, 1872) was a United States Representative from Connecticut. He was born in New Haven, Connecticut. He pursued classical studies, and was graduated from Yale College in 1808. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1810 and commenced practice in New Haven.

Ingersoll was a member of the State house of representatives 1820-1825 and served as speaker during the last two years. He was elected as an Adams candidate to the Nineteenth and Twentieth Congresses and reelected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the Twenty-first and Twenty-second Congresses (March 4, 1825 – March 3, 1833). He was not a candidate for renomination in 1832. He resumed the practice of law and was later appointed State’s attorney for New Haven County in 1833. He declined the appointment as United States Senator tendered by Governor Edwards upon the death of Senator Nathan Smith in 1835. He was Minister to Russia from August 8, 1846 until July 1, 1848, when he resigned. He again engaged in the practice of law and was mayor of New Haven in 1851. He died 1872 and was buried in Grove Street Cemetery.

His son, Charles R. Ingersoll, was Governor of Connecticut from 1873 to 1877. His son Colin Macrae Ingersoll was a member of Congress from 1851 to 1855.

External links

• Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll at Find a Grave

United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Samuel A. Foot	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Connecticut's at-large congressional district 1825–1833	Succeeded by Samuel A. Foot
Political offices
Preceded by	Mayors of New Haven, Connecticut 1851	Succeeded by