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  Ingham, Samuel
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AffiliationDemocratic   
NameSamuel Ingham
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Saybrook, Connecticut , United States
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Born September 05, 1793
DiedNovember 10, 1881 (88 years)
ContributorThomas Walker
Last ModifedRBH
Jan 11, 2015 01:21am
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InfoINGHAM, Samuel, a Representative from Connecticut; born in Hebron, Conn., September 5, 1793; attended the common schools in Vermont; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1815 and commenced practice in Canaan, Vt.; moved to Jewett City, Conn., and subsequently, in 1819, to Essex (then part of Saybrook), Conn., and continued the practice of his profession; State’s attorney for Middlesex County 1827-1835 and again in 1843 and 1844; member of the State house of representatives in 1828, 1834, 1851, and 1852 and served as speaker in 1851 and 1852; judge of probate 1829-1833; judge of the Middlesex County Court 1849-1853; elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-fourth Congress and reelected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1835-March 3, 1839); chairman, Committee on Naval Affairs (Twenty-fifth Congress); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress; served in the State senate 1843-1850; unsuccessful Democratic candidate for the United States Senate in 1854; United States commissioner of customs from December 5, 1857, to May 14, 1861; resumed the practice of law; died in Essex, Middlesex County, Conn., November 10, 1881; interment in River View Cemetery.


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  04/01/1857 CT Governor Lost 49.56% (-0.88%)
  04/02/1856 CT Governor Lost 49.02% (+10.04%)
  04/04/1855 CT Governor Lost 42.29% (-1.22%)
  04/05/1854 CT Governor Lost 46.43% (+14.54%)
  04/04/1853 CT District 2 Lost 4.91% (-48.15%)
  05/11/1852 CT US Senate Lost 6.28% (-10.64%)
  04/05/1847 CT District 2 Lost 46.33% (-4.53%)
  04/01/1839 CT District 2 Lost 49.33% (-1.34%)
  04/03/1837 CT District 2 Won 55.38% (+10.76%)
  04/09/1835 CT At-Large Won 8.81% (+0.01%)
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