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 .
john james ingalls -lrb- december 29 , 1833august 16 , 1900 -rrb- was an american politician .