INGALLS, John James, American lawyer: b. Middleton, Mass., 29 Dec. 1833; d. Las Vegas, N. Mex., 16 Aug. 1900. He was grad uated from Williams College in 1855, and was admixed to the bar in 1857. In 1858 he Moved to Kansas and established a law prac tice there, first in Sumner, and in 1860 in Atchi son: In 1859 he was a delegate to the First Con stitutional Convention. He was secretary of the territorial council in 1860, and of the State senate in 1861, and in 1862 was elected a mem ber of the senate. During the Civil War he acted as judge.advocate of the Kansas militia (1863-65) and for three years edited the Atchison Champion. In 1873 he became a Re publican member of the United States Senate, and was re-elected in 1879 and 1885. Charges that bribery had been practised in connection With his election in 1879 were made in and in vestigated by both the Kansas house of repre sentatives and the United States Senate. They were found to be partially true, but Senator In galls himself was entirely exonerated and the -claim to his seat was fully sustained. He was
president pro tem. of the Senate from 1:•:7-91. In 1891 he was again a candidate for senator, -but was defeated by the Farmers' Alliance. During his service in the Senate he was known as one of its most eloquent members. From that time till his death he devoted •himself chiefly to lecturing and writing. His writings were published by Conelley, W, E., ed.,