Colin M. Ingersoll

Colin Macrae Ingersoll (March 11, 1819 – September 13, 1903) was a Connecticut attorney, politician, and military leader. He served as a member of the United States House of Representatives for two terms in the 1850s.

Early life

Ingersoll was born in New Haven, Connecticut on March 11, 1819. He pursued academic studies in New Haven, and graduated from Trinity College in 1839. He graduated from Yale Law School, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and practiced in New Haven.

Career

He served as clerk of the Connecticut State Senate in 1843. When his father Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll was Minister to Russia, Colin Ingersoll was appointed Secretary of the legation at St. Petersburg serving in 1847 and 1848. He was Acting Chargé d'Affaires in 1848.

Ingersoll was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second and Thirty-third Congresses (March 4, 1851 – March 3, 1855).

After leaving Congress he resumed the practice of law. Ingersoll served as adjutant general of Connecticut from 1867 to 1868 and again from 1870 to 1871.

Death and burial

Ingersoll died in New Haven, Connecticut, September 13, 1903. He was interred in New Haven's Grove Street Cemetery.

Family

In 1853, Ingersoll married Julia Harriet Pratt, the daughter of Zadock Pratt and Abigail P. Watson. Their children included:

• Mary E. (b. 1854)
• Colin Macrae Jr. (b. 1859)
• George Pratt (b. 1861)
• Maude Margaret (b. 1863)

Ingersoll was the son of Ralph Isaacs Ingersoll, and brother of Charles Roberts Ingersoll.

Sources

Books

• Cutter, William Richard (1913). New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial. Vol. 3. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company.

External sources

• United States Congress. "Colin M. Ingersoll (id: I000016)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Colin M. Ingersoll at Find a Grave
• "Colin M. Ingersoll Dead: Pneumonia Carries Off a Man Prominent in Connecticut for Half a Century". New York Times. September 14, 1903.