John J. Ingalls
John J. Ingalls | |
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President pro tempore of the United States Senate | |
In office February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1891 | |
Preceded by | John Sherman |
Succeeded by | Charles F. Manderson |
United States Senator from Kansas | |
In office March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1891 | |
Preceded by | Samuel C. Pomeroy |
Succeeded by | William A. Peffer |
Member of the Kansas Senate | |
In office 1862 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Middleton, Massachusetts | December 29, 1833
Died | August 16, 1900 Las Vegas, New Mexico | (aged 66)
Political party | Republican |
John James Ingalls (December 29, 1833 – August 16, 1900) was an
Republican politician who served as a United States senator from Kansas
. Ingalls is credited with suggesting the state motto and designing the state seal.
Life and career
John James Ingalls was born in
Ad Astra per Aspera
.
When Kansas was admitted to the Union in 1861, he became secretary of the first state Senate and state senator in 1862. During the
Pendleton Civil Service Act. Ingalls rejected the nomination of James Campbell Matthews to the recorder of deeds in 1886. Ingalls claimed that his rejection was because of Matthews' non-residency of Washington, D.C.; however, journalists[who?] argued that his rejection was racially based.[1]
In 1887 Ingalls was elected President pro tempore of the Senate. Praised throughout his life for his keen sarcasm and quick wit, John James Ingalls died in Las Vegas, New Mexico on August 16, 1900. He was buried at Mount Vernon Cemetery in Atchison.
In 1905, the state of Kansas donated a
U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.[2] After an effort starting in 2011,[3] Kansas replaced Ingalls with Amelia Earhart in 2022.[4]
Personal life
John James Ingalls was a second cousin of Charles Ingalls (father to Little House on the Prairie's Laura Ingalls Wilder).[5]
Notes
- ^ "The Senate Gives Reasons for Rejecting the Nomination of Matthews." The New York Times. February 8, 1886.
- ^ "John James Ingalls". Architect of the Capitol. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
- ^ Biles, Jan. "Amelia's monument about to take flight". Cjonline.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
- ^ Romo, Vanessa (July 27, 2022). "An Amelia Earhart statue joins the U.S. Capitol's Statuary Hall". NPR. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
- ^ The Selected Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder, Harper Collins, 2016, page 175
External links
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- United States Congress. "John J. Ingalls (id: I000012)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Works by or about John J. Ingalls at Internet Archive
- Works by John J. Ingalls at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- John J. Ingalls at Find a Grave
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