Ingersoll, Joseph Reed 1786-
Legislator; born in Philadelphia, Pa., June 14, 1786; graduated in Princeton in 1804; practised law in Philadelphia; served in Congress as Whig in 1835-37 and 1842-49; and was an ardent supporter of Henry Clay; and was United States minister to Great Britain in 1852. He published Secession, a folly and a crime; Life of Samuel Breck, etc.