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==Early Life==

==Early Life==

Ingersoll was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 24, 1749.  As a young man, he received a classical education, graduating from Yale College in 1766.  Following graduation, he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1771.  He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773; in 1774, he continued his legal studies at the Middle Temple in [[London]], and then in [[Paris]].  He entered practice upon returning to Philadelphia in 1778.

Ingersoll was born in New Haven, Connecticut, on October 24, 1749.  As a young man, he received a classical education, graduating from Yale College in 1766.  Following graduation, he settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1771.  He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1773; in 1774, he continued his legal studies at the Middle Temple in [[London]], and then in [[Paris]].  He entered practice upon returning to Philadelphia in 1778.

==Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention==

==Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention==

Ingersoll was a member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1780, and a delegate to the convention that framed the Federal Constitution in 1787.  While he initially favored revision of the existing [[Articles of Confederation]], he ultimately chose to support the creation of a new [[United States Constitution]].  

Ingersoll was a member of the [[Continental Congress]] in 1780.  Later, he was a delegate to the convention that framed the Federal Constitution in 1787, along with [[George Clymer]], [[Thomas Fitzsimons]], [[Benjamin Franklin]], [[Thomas Mifflin]], [[Gouverneur Morris]], [[Robert Morris]], and [[James Wilson]].

 

==Later Political Service==

==Later Political Service==