#1Wallace Ingalls
1859–1936American lawyer and politician
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The American lawyer and politician Wallace Ingalls was born in 1859. That places their birth in the early republic. Articles about them exist in 2 languages. Lake Geneva, which borders it, has 9 on its list, the best known Neil Gehrels.

#1American lawyer and politician
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