Back
Template:POTD/2016-09-16
Picture of the day archives
:
2016 September
<
2016 September 15
2016 September 17
>
Picture of the day
Samuel D. Ingham
(1779–1860) was a
U.S. Congressman
and
U.S. Treasury Secretary
under
President
Andrew Jackson
. Born near
New Hope, Pennsylvania
, Ingham was a paper maker by trade. Ingham entered politics as a member of the
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from 1806 to 1808, eventually being made United States Secretary of the Treasury in 1829. Controversy over the
Second Bank of the United States
overshadowed his term, and much of Ingham's time was spent unsuccessfully attempting to resolve conflict between President Jackson and the Bank's president,
Nicholas Biddle
. In 1831 Ingham resigned in protest during the
Petticoat affair
.
Engraving:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
; restoration:
Andrew Shiva
Archive
–
More featured pictures...
From
Wikipedia
, the free encyclopedia · View on
Wikipedia
Developed by
Tubidy