Facts: - death place: las vegas , new mexico - jr/sr: united states senator - successor: william a. peffer - party: republican - death date: 16 august 1900 - predecessor: samuel c. pomeroy - term end: march 4 , 1891 - term start: march 4 , 1873 - state: kansas - name: john james ingalls - birth date: 29 december 1833 - image: john james ingalls - brady-handy . jpg - birth place: middleton , massachusetts Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john james ingalls .
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john james ingalls -lrb- december 29 , 1833august 16 , 1900 -rrb- was an american politician .