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Birth	:	29 Dec 1833 Middleton Colony, Essex County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	16 Aug 1900 Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
Burial	:	Saint Mary's Cemetery, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate	:	49.1112100, -121.9494700
Plot	:	R30-BL166
Description	:	US Senator. He was born one of seven children (Annie Jane Ingalls was born in 1835, Robert Morris Ingalls was born in 1837, Betsey Cogswell Ingalls was born in 1839, Francis Theodore Ingalls was born in 1844, Charlotte Eliza Ingalls was born in 1848, and Clara Perley Ingalls was born in 1850), to Elias Theodore Ingalls and Eliza Chase Ingalls in Middleton, Massachusetts. He attended and was educated in the local common public schools of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and then was privately tutored. He then attended the prestigious Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he gave his commencement oration entitled, "Mummy... Read More	US Senator. He was born one of seven children (Annie Jane Ingalls was born in 1835, Robert Morris Ingalls was born in 1837, Betsey Cogswell Ingalls was born in 1839, Francis Theodore Ingalls was born in 1844, Charlotte Eliza Ingalls was born in 1848, and Clara Perley Ingalls was born in 1850), to Elias Theodore Ingalls and Eliza Chase Ingalls in Middleton, Massachusetts. He attended and was educated in the local common public schools of Haverhill, Massachusetts, and then was privately tutored. He then attended the prestigious Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts, where he gave his commencement oration entitled, "Mummy Life," when he graduated from there in 1855. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1857 and moved to the Kansas Territory where he began his practice of law in 1858. He then entered politics and served as a Member of the Wyandotte, Kansas, Constitutional Convention in 1859, and is said to have coined the Arkansas state motto, "Ad Astra per Aspera (To the stars through difficulties)." He then moved to Atchison, Kansas where he became involved in the anti-slavery movement and helped to make Kansas a free state. The State of Kansas then joined the Union in 1861, and he served as a Secretary of the First State in 1861 and 1862 and was a Member of the Kansas State Senate in 1862. He was also a Candidate for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Kansas in 1862 and again in 1864. At the outbreak of the American Civil War, he put his political career on hold and fought for his country. He served as a Judge Advocate in the Kansas Volunteer Militia on the staff of General George W. Deitzler. During the Civil War, he also became a successful newspaper publisher and editor of the Atchison Champion Newspaper or (Freedom's Champion, where he became noted for writing a series of magazine articles), from 1863 to 1865, and also helped in the founding of the publication, the Kansas Magazine. On September 27, 1865, he married Anna Louisa Chesebrough and the couple would have eleven children together (Ellsworth Ingalls was born in 1866, Ethel Ingalls was born in 1868, Ruth Ingalls was born in 1869, Ralph Ingalls was born in 1870, Addison Ingalls was born in 1872, Constance Ingalls was born in 1873, Sheffield Ingalls was born in 1875, Faith Ingalls was born in 1877, Marion Ingalls was born in 1879, Muriel Ingalls was born in 1881, and Louisa Ingalls was born in 1883). A Member of the Republican Party, he was then elected as a replacement for the United States Representative and United States Senator Samuel Clarke Pomeroy in 1872 to a seat in the United States Senate from Kansas and served in that position from March 4, 1873, to March 3, 1891, (alongside Alexander Caldwell, Robert Crozier, James Madison Harvey, and Preston Bierce Plumb, and was twice elected in 1879 and 1885). While in the United States Senate he supported labor and agriculture against monopolies. He also favored the Interstate Commerce Act and the Pendleton Civil Service Act, but he rejected then-President Grover Cleveland's nomination of the African-American attorney James Campbell Matthews to the post of the Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia because he refused to confirm him, claiming that he had attempted to coerce other African-Americans in Albany, New York, to switch their allegiance to the Democratic Party in local elections. He also said he rejected Matthews' because of his non-residency of Washington, D.C., but journalists of the time said that his motives were racially based. Matthews was elected anyways. He also served as President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate representing the Forty-Ninth Congress, the Fiftieth Congress, and the Fifty-Fifth Congress, from February 26, 1887, to March 2, 1891. He was an unsuccessful Candidate for reelection as President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate in 1890, but he had served as Chairman of the Committee on Pensions representing the Forty-Fourth Congress and Forty-Fifth Congress, and Chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia representing the Forty-Seventh Congress, Forty-Eighth Congress, Forty-Ninth Congress, Fiftieth Congress, and the Fifty-First Congress. After his term in the United States Senate expired on March 3, 1891, he was succeeded in office by William Alfred Peffer. Following his retirement from politics, he spent most of his time in his journalism, literature, and farming pursuits. He wrote essays and sonnets including, "Opportunity," "Catfish Aristocracy," and "Blue Grass." He had become well-known throughout his life for his quick wit and keen sarcasm. He passed away following a long illness on August 16, 1900, at the age of 66, in Las Vegas, New Mexico. His body was returned home and his funeral was held at the Trinity Episcopal Church in Atchison, Kansas, he was buried in the Mount Vernon Cemetery in Atchison, Kansas. His wife Anna passed away on April 15, 1926, at the age of 83, and she was buried with her husband. In 1905, he was honored with a marble statue that was placed in the U.S. Capitol's National Statuary Hall Collection. In 2011, the State of Kansas had plans to replace his statue with one of the famed aviator Amelia Earhart who was born in Atchison, Kansas.

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Where is John James Ingalls Famous memorial's memorial?
John James Ingalls Famous memorial's memorial is located at: Saint Mary's Cemetery, Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada.
When did John James Ingalls Famous memorial death?
John James Ingalls Famous memorial death on 16 Aug 1900 in Las Vegas, San Miguel County, New Mexico, USA
Where are the coordinates of the John James Ingalls Famous memorial's memorial?
Latitude: 49.1112100
Longitude: -121.9494700

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Parent

Spouse

Anna Louise Chesebrough Ingalls

(1843 - 1926)

Siblings

(unknow - unknow)

Children

(unknow - 1877)

(unknow - 1883)

(1866 - 1939)

(1867 - 1874)

(1868 - 1958)

(1872 - 1876)

(1875 - 1937)

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Saint Mary's Cemetery
Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1112100, -121.9494700

2. Carman Cemetery
Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1112140, -121.9494650

3. Ch'iyàqtel Cemetery
Tzeachten, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1145750, -121.9391710

4. Vedder View Gardens Cemetery
Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1113300, -121.9878800

5. Greendale Cemetery
Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1112800, -121.9889800

6. Soowahlie First Nation Cemetery
Soowahlie, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.0866390, -121.9653890

7. Chilliwack Cemeteries
Chilliwack, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1836128, -121.9063110

8. Yarrow Mennonite Cemetery
Yarrow, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.0871100, -122.0724900

9. Deroche First Nations Cemetery
Deroche, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1888400, -122.0747800

10. Kent Municipal Cemetery
Agassiz, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.2368800, -121.8034900

11. Pretty Family Cemetery
Harrison Mills, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.2826900, -121.9483500

12. Valley View Cemetery
Agassiz, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.2602090, -121.8178870

13. Chehalis Cemetery
Agassiz, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.2602330, -121.8179150

14. Saint Peters Cemetery
Whatcom County, USA
Coordinate: 48.9794006, -122.1406021

15. Musselwhite Cemetery
Abbotsford, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.0419100, -122.2448900

16. Hatzic Cemetery
Hatzic, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1599998, -122.2570038

17. Old Maple Falls Cemetery
Maple Falls, Whatcom County, USA
Coordinate: 48.9207000, -122.0757000

18. Maple Falls Cemetery
Maple Falls, Whatcom County, USA
Coordinate: 48.9208320, -122.0817140

19. Westminster Abbey Cemetery
Mission, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1564000, -122.2730800

20. Glacier Cemetery
Glacier, Whatcom County, USA
Coordinate: 48.8900000, -121.9247000

21. Oblates of Mary Immaculate Cemetery
Mission, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.1403461, -122.2859594

22. Hazelwood Cemetery
Abbotsford, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.0629600, -122.2815200

23. Maclure Road Mennonite Cemetery
Abbotsford, Fraser Valley Regional District, Canada
Coordinate: 49.0604553, -122.2841415

24. Sumas Cemetery
Sumas, Whatcom County, USA
Coordinate: 48.9819880, -122.2480330