US senator, born in Middleton, Massachusetts, USA. Settling in Kansas territory in 1858, he was among those who framed the Kansas state constitution and he was elected to the US Senate (Republican, Kansas, 187392). Renowned for his oratory, he was president pro tem of the Senate in 188991.
John James Ingalls (December 29, 1833 – August 16, 1900) was an American politician.
John James Ingalls was born in Middleton, Massachusetts, on December 29, 1833. Moving to Kansas Territory, Ingalls settled in Atchison in 1860. He joined the anti-slavery forces and worked to make Kansas a free state. He was a member of the Wyandotte constitutional convention in 1859 and is reputed to have coined the state motto, 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.
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 East Las Vegas, New Mexico, on August 16, 1900.
In 1905, the state of Kansas donated a marble statue of Ingalls to the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection.
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