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Sheffield Ingalls (March 28, 1875 – January 17, 1937) was a banker, attorney and Republican politician in the state of
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. He served as the 20th
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from 1913 to 1915 serving under Governor George H. Hodges. Outside politics he was a successful investor and banker in
Atchison, Kansas Atchison is a city in, and the county seat of, Atchison County, Kansas, United States, along the Missouri River. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population of the city was 10,885. The city is named in honor of US Senator ...
. He served in the
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. His father
John James Ingalls John James Ingalls (December 29, 1833August 16, 1900) was an American 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 Joh ...
was also a Kansas legislator. He was a graduate of the
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in the class of 1895 and served as chairman of the Alumni association from 1905 to 1906 and again from 1928 to 1929. In 1916, he published a book titled ''The History of Atchison, Kansas''.Hooper Connections
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''The History of Atchison, Kansas''
at the
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* Republican Party members of the Kansas House of Representatives Lieutenant governors of Kansas University of Kansas alumni People from Atchison, Kansas 1875 births 1937 deaths 20th-century members of the Kansas Legislature {{Kansas-politician-stub