George Lewis Ingalls (June 7, 1914 – April 10, 2001) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

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He was born on June 7, 1914,[1] in Danielson, Windham County, Connecticut, the son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls. He graduated from Amherst College in 1935; and from Syracuse University College of Law in 1939. He practiced law in Binghamton, New York. On December 12, 1942, he married Dorothy M. Joggerst, and they had four children.

Ingalls was a member of the New York State Assembly from 1953 to 1966, sitting in the 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th and 176th New York State Legislatures. He was Majority Leader from 1961 to 1964; and Minority Leader in 1965. On December 13, 1965, the Republican Assembly conference elected Perry B. Duryea Jr. as Minority Leader, to replace Ingalls at the beginning of the session of 1966.[2]

He was a Trustee of the New York Power Authority from 1967 to 1990.

He died on April 10, 2001, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton, New York; and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Johnson City.[3]

Sources

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  1. ^ New York Red Book (1963–1964; pg. 142)
  2. ^ Minority Leader Duryea Pledges Aggressive GOP in The Citizen–Advertiser, of Auburn, on December 14, 1965
  3. ^ Deaths; INGALLS, GEORGE L. in the New York Times on April 13, 2001
New York State Assembly
Preceded by New York State Assembly
Broome County, 2nd District

1953–1965
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district abolished
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new district
New York State Assembly
125th District

1966
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Political offices
Preceded by Majority Leader of the New York State Assembly
1961–1964
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minority Leader in the New York State Assembly
1965
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