Charles Anthony Ingersoll (October 19, 1798 – January 12, 1860) was a United States federal judge

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Born in New Haven, Connecticut

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, Ingersoll read law to be admitted to the bar, and received an A.M.

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 from Yale University

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 in 1827. He was in private practice in New Haven, Connecticut, and was clerk of the court for the U.S. District Court and U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Connecticut from 1820 to 1853. He was a probate

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 judge in New Haven from 1829 to 1853. He was a state's attorney of Connecticut from 1849 to 1853.

On April 6, 1853, Ingersoll was nominated by President Franklin Pierce

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 to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut

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 vacated by Andrew T. Judson

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. Ingersoll was confirmed by the United States Senate

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 on April 8, 1853, and received his commission the same day. He served until his death, in 1860, in New Haven.

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