History of New Hope, (Bucks County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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Samuel Delucenna Ingham, cabinet officer, was born near New Hope, Bucks county, Pa., Sept. 16, 1779; son of Dr. Jonathan and Ann (Welding) Ingham; grandson of Jonas Ingham, and a descendant of Jonas, who came from Yorkshire, England, about 1723 and settled on the farm in Bucks county, Pa., which remained in the possession of the family till 1849. He was apprenticed to a paper maker on the Penny-pack, near Philadelphia, and later established a paper mill on his father's farm. He was a representative in the Pennsylvania legislature for three years; secretary of the common, wealth; prothonotary of one of the state courts, and an Anti-Federalist representative from Pennsylvania in the 13th and 14th congresses, 1813-18, and again in the 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th congresses, 1821-29. He was prominent in the councils of his party; opposed the congressional caucus, and in 1824 was falsely charged with writing the celebrated Kremer letter, claiming that a bargain had been made between Adams and Clay by which Clay's votes were to be cast for Adams, and Clay was to become secretary of state. Upon the accession of General Jackson to the Presidency in 1829, Representative Ingham was appointed secretary of the U.S. treasury in his cabinet, which office he resigned, April 19, 1831, and he retired to private life, becoming interested in developing the anthracite coal region of Pennsylvania. He was married, first to Rebecca Dood, of Bloomfield, N.J., and secondly, to Deborah Kay, daughter of Clement Hall, of Salem, N.J., and their son, William A. Ingham, resided in Philadelphia in 1900. He died in Trenton, N.J., June 5, 1860.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of New Hope, (Bucks County) Pennsylvania

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