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Encyclopedia > Samuel D. Ingham
Samuel D. Ingham
Samuel D. Ingham

Samuel Delucenna Ingham (September 16, 1779 – June 5, 1860) was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... September 16 is the 259th day of the year (260th in leap years). ... 1779 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... The House of Representatives is the larger of two houses that make up the U.S. Congress, the other being the United States Senate. ... The United States Secretary of the Treasury is the finance minister of the Federal Government of the United States. ... The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... This article is 45 kilobytes or more in size. ...

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Early life and education

Born near New Hope, Pennsylvania, after a pursuit of classical studies, he engaged in the manufacture of paper. New Hope, formerly Coryells Ferry, is a borough in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 2,252 at the 2000 census. ...


Political career

He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1806 to 1808, and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1813 to 1818 and again from 1822 to 1829. The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is one of two co-equal houses of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Seal of the House of Representatives The United States House of Representatives (or simply the House) is the lower of the two chambers of the United States Congress, the other being the Senate. ...


During the 13th Congress he was chair of the U.S. House Committee on Pensions and Revolutionary Claims, during the 14th, 15th Congress, 19th and 20th Congresses he was chair of the U.S. House Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads and was also chair of the U.S. House Committee on Expenditures in the Post Office Department during the 15th. (Redirected from 13th Congress) Thirteenth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... (Redirected from 14th Congress) Fourteenth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... (Redirected from 15th Congress) Fifteenth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... (Redirected from 19th Congress) Nineteenth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... (Redirected from 20th Congress) Twentieth United States Congress Links and spelling have to be verified. ... The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is a United States House of Representatives committee that has existed in varying forms since 1816. ...


He served as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1819 to 1820, and as the ninth Secretary of the Treasury from March 6, 1829 to June 21, 1831. 1819 common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1820 was a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... March 6 is the 65th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (66th in Leap years). ... Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...


The inauguration of President Jackson coincided with the opening of an industrial expansion in the United States and was a symbol of a new government dedicated to the common man—a new Jacksonian democracy. Jacksonian democracy refers to the political philosophy of United States President Andrew Jackson and his followers in the new Democratic Party. ...


The Second Bank of the United States, viewed by Jackson and much of the nation as an unconstitutional and dangerous monopoly, was Ingham's primary concern as Secretary of the Treasury—Jackson not only mistrusted the Second Bank of the United States, but all banks. The Second Bank of the United States was a bank chartered in 1816, five years after the expiration of the First Bank of the United States. ... In economics, a monopoly (from the Latin word monopolium - Greek language monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a product or service. ...


Jackson thought that there should be no paper currency in circulation, but only coins, and that the U.S. Constitution was designed to expel paper currency as part of the monetary system. Ingham believed in the Second Bank and labored to resolve conflicts between Jackson, who wanted it destroyed, and the Bank's president, Nicholas Biddle. A £20 Ulster Bank banknote. ... Page I of the Constitution of the United States of America Page II of the United States Constitution Page III of the United States Constitution Page IV of the United States Constitution The Syng inkstand, with which the Constitution was signed The Constitution of the United States is the supreme... A monetary system secures the proper functioning of money by regulating economic agents, transaction types, and money supply. ... Nicholas Biddle Nicholas Biddle, (January 8, 1786 - February 27, 1844), American financier, was born and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...


Ingham was unable to reach any resolution between Jackson and Biddle but he left office over an incident unrelated to the Bank. Unwilling to comply with Jackson's demand that Peggy Eaton, the socially unacceptable wife of the Secretary of War, be invited to Washington social functions, Ingham and several other members of Jackson's cabinet resigned, a scandal known as the Petticoat Affair. Margaret Eaton (nee ONeale) (1799 - 1879) was the U.S. wife of John Henry Eaton, they married in 1829. ... The Secretary of War was a member of the Presidents Cabinet, beginning with George Washingtons administration. ... The Petticoat Affair (also known as the Eaton Affair or the Eaton Malaria) was an 1831 U.S. sex scandal involving members of President Andrew Jacksons Cabinet. ...


Resignation from the Treasury

After his resignation from the Treasury, he resumed the manufacture of paper; also engaged in the development of anthracite coal fields. He died in Trenton, New Jersey, and is buried in Solebury, Pennsylvania. Anthracite coal Anthracite (Greek Ανθρακίτης, literally a form of coal, from Anthrax [Άνθραξ], coal) is a hard, compact variety of mineral coal that has a high luster. ... Nickname: Trent, T-Town Location of Trenton inside of Mercer County Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Mercer County Founded circa 1719 Mayor Douglas H. Palmer Area    - City 21. ...


Namesakes

Four United States Coast Guard cutters, most notably the heavily decorated USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35), have been named in his honor. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense, among other duties of coast guards elsewhere. ... An American-looking gaff cutter with a genoa jib set This French yawl has a gaff topsail set. ... One of only two preserved Secretary-class cutters, USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) was probably the most successful large cutters built by the United States Coast Guard. ...


References

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ... The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all members of both houses of the United States Congress, past and present. ...

United States Secretaries of the Treasury Seal of the United States Department of the Treasury
Hamilton • Wolcott • Dexter • Gallatin • Campbell • Dallas • Crawford • Rush • Ingham • McLane • Duane • Taney • Woodbury • Ewing • Forward • Spencer • Bibb • Walker • Meredith • Corwin • Guthrie • Cobb • Thomas • Dix • Chase • Fessenden • McCulloch • Boutwell • Richardson • Bristow • Morrill • Sherman • Windom • Folger • Gresham • McCulloch • Manning • Fairchild • Windom • Foster • Carlisle • Gage • Shaw • Cortelyou • MacVeagh • McAdoo • Glass • Houston • Mellon • Mills • Woodin • Morgenthau • Vinson • Snyder • Humphrey • Anderson • Dillon • Fowler • Barr • Kennedy • Connally • Shultz • Simon • Blumenthal • Miller • Regan • Baker • Brady • Bentsen • Rubin • Summers • O'Neill • Snow • Paulson
Preceded by
William Crawford		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
1813-1818
1813-1815 alongside Robert Brown

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Succeeded by
Thomas J. Rogers
Samuel Moore
Preceded by
Thomas J. Rogers
Samuel Moore		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 6th congressional district
1822-1823
alongside Thomas J. Rogers		 Succeeded by
Robert Harris
Preceded by
John Tod		 Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Pennsylvania's 8th congressional district
1823-1829
1823-1824 alongside Thomas J. Rogers
1824-1829 alongside: George Wolf		 Succeeded by
Samuel A. Smith
Peter Ihrie, Jr.
Preceded by
Richard Rush		 United States Secretary of the Treasury
1829 – 1831		 Succeeded by
Louis McLane

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Samuel D. Ingham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (433 words)
Samuel Delucenna Ingham (September 16, 1779–June 5, 1860) was a U.S. Congressman and U.S. Treasury Secretary under President Andrew Jackson.
The inauguration of President Jackson coincided with the opening of an industrial expansion in the United States and was a symbol of a new government dedicated to the common man—a new Jacksonian democracy.
Ingham believed in the Second Bank and labored to resolve conflicts between Jackson, who wanted it destroyed, and the Bank's president, Nicholas Biddle.
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