Jared Ingersoll-Signer of the Constitution

Born October 27, 1749 in New Haven, Connecticut and dieing October 13, 1822 in Philadelphia, Jared Ingersoll was one of Americas patriots.  He had a loyalist father who was a British official.  At one point his father was even tarred and feather by patriots for his loyalty to the crown.  Ingersoll did not, however, share his fathers beliefs.

Ingersoll graduated from Yale College in 1766.  He then went on to study law and later he became a lawyer in 1773.  Because of his father and his desire to please him, Ingersoll left the colonies to London between 1773 and 1776.  After renouncing his families political views, Ingersoll returned to Philadelphia where he started a respectable law practice in 1778.  Ingersoll served in the Continental Congress between 1780 and 1781.

At the Constitutional Convention Ingersoll represented Pennsylvania with seven other delegates.  He didn't approve of the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and so he pushed for a reform of those articles.  After a while, Ingersoll and many others realized the need for a completely new system of federal government.  Ingersoll, although being a prominent attorney, seldom participated in debate at the Constitutional Convention.  However, he was in attendance to all meetings.  Jared Ingersoll is one of those founders who little is know about, but he definatly was part of the forming of our great nation.