Ebon C. Ingersoll

Ebon Clark Ingersoll ( born December 12, 1831 in Dresden, Yates County, New York, † May 31 1879 in Washington DC ) was an American politician. Between 1864 and 1871 he represented the state of Illinois in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

In 1843 came Ebon Ingersoll, the older brother of Robert G. Ingersoll, in the Wisconsin Territory. Soon after, he moved to Peoria in Illinois. He attended the schools of his respective home and in Paducah (Kentucky). After a subsequent law degree in 1854 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Peoria in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Republican Party launched a political career. In 1856 he was elected to the House of Representatives from Illinois.

After the death of Mr Owen Lovejoy Ingersoll was elected as his successor in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington at the due election for the fifth seat from Illinois, where he took up his new mandate on 20 May 1864. After three re- elections he could remain until March 3, 1871 Congress. During this time, ended the civil war. Since 1865 the work of the Congress was overshadowed by the tensions between the Republicans and President Andrew Johnson, which culminated in a narrowly failed impeachment. Between 1865 and 1869 Ingersoll was chairman of the Committee for the administration of the Federal District District of Columbia. Later he headed from 1869 to 1871 the Committee on Roads and canals as well as the Committee on railways and canals. In 1870 he was not re-elected.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Ebon Ingersoll practiced law in the federal capital, Washington, where he died on May 31, 1879.