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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