Samuel Ingham was a two-term Congressman from Connecticut.
12 Facts About Samuel Ingham
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Samuel Ingham attended the common schools in Vermont, studied law with John Mattocks and Sylvester Gilbert, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Canaan, Vermont.
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Samuel Ingham moved to Jewett City, Connecticut, and in 1819, to Essex, Connecticut, and continued the practice of his profession.
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Samuel Ingham served as state's attorney for Middlesex County, and was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives in 1828,1834,1851 and 1852.
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Samuel Ingham served as judge of probate judge of the Middlesex County Court.
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Samuel Ingham was elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress.
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Samuel Ingham was chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs.
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Samuel Ingham was defeated for re-election in 1839 to the Twenty-sixth Congress.
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Samuel Ingham served in the Connecticut Senate in 1842,1846, and 1850.
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Samuel Ingham served as President pro tempore of the Connecticut Senate and was four times the Democratic nominee for governor of Connecticut.
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Samuel Ingham was an unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in 1854.
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Samuel Ingham served as United States commissioner of customs from December 5,1857, to May 14,1861.