Jared Ingersoll

I was born in October 24, 1749 In New Haven CT– My father was active in colonial affairs.When I was younger I was educated privately and at Yale, where I graduated in 1766.After studying law in England, I was admitted to the Pennsylvania bar in 1773 and became a leading attorney; later I argued many important cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.I served (1780–81) in the Continental Congress and was (1787) a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention. In Pennsylvania I was attorney general (1790–99, 1811–17), U.S. district attorney (1800–1801), and presiding judge (1821–22) of the district court of Philadelphia co. In 1812 I was the unsuccessful candidate for Vice President, running on the antiwar Republican and Federalist ticket headed by De Witt Clinton.

Lawyer, lending and investments educator

Gipson, Lawrence Henry. Jared Ingersoll; a Study of American Loyalism in Relation to British Colonial Government. New Haven: Yale UP, 1920. Print. "The Constitution of the United States: America's Founding Fathers." National Archives and Records Administration. National Archives and Records Administration, n.d. Web. 12 Dec. 2014. .

Delegate, Continental Congress Delegate, Constitutional Convention Pennsylvania Attorney General Judge of the Philadelphia District Court U.S. District Attorney for Pennsylvania Federalist Party nominee for Vice President

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Jared Ingersoll

About Me

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My Role as a Funding Father

Accomplishments I was a Founding Father of the United States, an early American lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia. I was a delegate to the Continental Congress and I signed the U.S. Constitution for Pennsylvania.

My interests were mainly political, social and economic

Jared Ingersoll died in Philadelphia at the age of 73 and was survived by three children; interment was in the Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Fourth and Pine Streets. Ingersoll Street in Madison, Wisconsin is named after Jared Ingersoll.