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Ebon Clark Ingersoll (December 12, 1831 – May 31, 1879) was a
Ebon Clark Ingersoll (December 12, 1831 – May 31, 1879) was a U.S. Representative
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from Illinois
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and the brother of the politician and orator Robert G. Ingersoll
Robert Green Ingersoll (; August 11, 1833 – July 21, 1899), nicknamed "the Great Agnostic", was an American lawyer, writer, and orator during the Golden Age of Free Thought, who campaigned in defense of agnosticism.
Personal life
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Born in Dresden, New York, Ingersoll moved to Wisconsin Territory in 1843 and subsequently to Illinois. He pursued classical studies in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...
, and in Paducah, Kentucky
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. He studied law. He was admitted to the bar
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in 1854 and commenced practice in Peoria, Illinois
Peoria ( ) is the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, United States, and the largest city on the Illinois River. As of the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census, the city had a population of 113,150. It is the principal city of the Peoria ...
. He served as a member of the Illinois House of Representatives
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in 1856.
Ingersoll was elected as a Republican
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to the Thirty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Owen Lovejoy
Owen Lovejoy (January 6, 1811 – March 25, 1864) was an American lawyer, Congregational minister, Abolitionism in the United States, abolitionist, and Republican United States Congress, congressman from Illinois. He was also a "conductor ...
. He was re-elected to the Thirty-ninth, Fortieth, and Forty-first Congresses and served from May 20, 1864, to March 3, 1871. He served as chairman of the Committee on District of Columbia (Thirty-ninth and Fortieth Congresses), Committee on Roads and Canals (Forty-first Congress), Committee on Railways and Canals (Forty-first Congress). He was an unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1870 to the Forty-second Congress. He settled in Washington, D.C.
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, and engaged in the practice of law until his death there on May 31, 1879. A eulogy given at his funeral by his brother Robert was later included in an anthology compiled by Clarence Darrow
Clarence Seward Darrow (; April 18, 1857 – March 13, 1938) was an American lawyer who became famous in the early 20th century for his involvement in the Leopold and Loeb murder trial and the Scopes "Monkey" Trial. He was a leading member of t ...
and Wallace Rice
Wallace deGroot Cecil Rice (10 November 1859 – 15 December 1939) was an American author and vexillographer from Hamilton, Ontario.
Biography
Wallace Rice was born 10 November 1859, to John Asaph Rice (1829–1888) and Margaret Van Slyke ...
. He was interred in Oak Hill Cemetery.
Ingersoll had a son, John Carter Ingersoll, who served as the American Consul in Cartagena, Colombia. He died in Colon, Colombia, in 1903.
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ingersoll, Ebon Clark 1831 births 1879 deaths Politicians from Peoria, Illinois Burials at Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.) Members of the Illinois House of Representatives Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois People from Dresden, Yates County, New York Washington, D.C., Republicans 19th-century American politicians