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

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He was born on June 7, 1914, in Danielson,

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, the son of Louis Sessions Ingalls and Mary Ethel (Gallup) Ingalls. He graduated from

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in 1935; and from Syracuse University College of Law in 1939. He practiced law in

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. On December 12, 1942, he married Dorothy M. Joggerst, and they had four children. Ingalls was a member of the

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from 1953 to 1966, sitting in the 169th, 170th, 171st, 172nd, 173rd, 174th, 175th and

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s. He was Majority Leader from 1961 to 1964; and Minority Leader in 1965. On December 13, 1965, the Republican Assembly conference elected

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as Minority Leader, to replace Ingalls at the beginning of the session of 1966. He was a Trustee of the

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from 1967 to 1990. He died on April 10, 2001, in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in

; and was buried at the Calvary Cemetery in Johnson City.''Deaths; INGALLS, GEORGE L.''
in the ''

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'' on April 13, 2001

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