Ingalls was a senator from Kansas and was a Republican. He served from 1885 to 1891.
He was previously a senator from Kansas as a Republican from 1873 to 1885.
Alleged misconduct & resolution
Ingalls faced an allegation of bribery and corruption in the election. On Feb. 17, 1880, the Committee on Privileges and Elections concluded that while bribery and corruption were present, there was no evidence tying them to Ingalls or that it had altered election results and therefore the charges should be dismissed.
| Feb. 17, 1880 | Committee on Privileges and Elections concluded that while bribery and corruption were present, there was no evidence tying them to Ingalls or that it had altered election results and therefore the charges should be dismissed. |
![Photo of Sen. John Ingalls [R-KS, 1885-1891]](/static/legislator-photos/405874-200px.jpeg)
Voting Record
Missed Votes
From Mar 1873 to Mar 1891, Ingalls missed 1,486 of 4,798 roll call votes, which is 31.0%. This is on par with the median of 35.4% among the lifetime records of senators serving in Mar 1891. The chart below reports missed votes over time.
We don’t track why legislators miss votes, but it’s often due to medical absenses and major life events.
Primary Sources
The information on this page is originally sourced from a variety of materials, including:
- unitedstates/congress-legislators, a community project gathering congressional information
- United States Congressional Roll Call Voting Records, 1789-1990 by Howard L. Rosenthal and Keith T. Poole.
- Martis’s “The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress”, via Keith Poole’s roll call votes data set, for political party affiliation for Members of Congress from 1789 through about year 2000
- Biographical Directory of the United States Congress for the photo
