John J. Ingalls
(1833 - 1900)
- Orator, scholar, lawyer, and statesman
- Active and influential delegate at the Wyandotte Constitutional Convention that brought about Kansas statehood
- U.S. senator from 1873-1891
- Coined phrase that became the Kansas state motto, Ad Astra Per Aspera
- Featured in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall
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