Jared Ingersoll was an early American

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 lawyer and statesman from Philadelphia

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He was a delegate to the Continental Congress

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 and signed the U.S. Constitution for Pennsylvania

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. Ingersoll also served as Pennsylvania state attorney general, 1791–1800 and 1811–1816 and as the United States Attorney

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 for Pennsylvania, 1800-1801.

He joined DeWitt Clinton

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 on the Federalist Party ticket for the U.S. presidential election, 1812, but was defeated by James Madison

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 and Elbridge Gerry

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Jared Ingersoll was a supporter of the Revolutionary cause.