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{{Short description|American politician (born 1959)}}
{{Other uses|Robert Inglis (disambiguation){{!}}Robert Inglis}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2012}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name         = Bob Inglis
|image        = Bob Inglis congressional portrait.jpg
|caption      = Official portrait, 2008
|state        = [[South Carolina]]
|district     = {{ushr|SC|4|4th}}
|term_start   = January 3, 2005
|term_end     = January 3, 2011
|predecessor  = [[Jim DeMint]]
|successor    = [[Trey Gowdy]]
|term_start1  = January 3, 1993
|term_end1    = January 3, 1999
|predecessor1 = [[Liz Patterson]]
|successor1   = Jim DeMint
|birth_name   = Robert Durden Inglis
|birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1959|10|11}}
|birth_place  = [[Savannah, Georgia]], U.S.
|death_date   = 
|death_place  = 
|party        = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|spouse       = Mary Anne Inglis
|education    = [[Duke University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[University of Virginia]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
}}
'''Robert Durden Inglis Sr.''' (born October 11, 1959) is an American politician who was the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|SC|4}} from 1993 to 1999 and again from 2005 to 2011. He is a moderate member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]].  Inglis was unseated in the Republican [[Partisan primary|primary runoff]] in 2010 after losing to [[Trey Gowdy]] by a landslide.

In 2012, Inglis launched the Energy and Enterprise Initiative, a nationwide public engagement campaign promoting conservative and free-enterprise solutions to energy and climate challenges.<ref>{{cite news | last = Ferguson | first = Mike | title = Former GOP congressman touts market solutions to climate change | newspaper = [[Billings Gazette]] | location = Billings, Montana | date = 8 December 2015 | url = http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/government-and-politics/former-gop-congressman-touts-market-solutions-to-climate-change/article_2c765d17-c35f-5f42-b6e9-2915c1e103f1.html | access-date = 8 December 2015}}</ref> E&EI is based in [[George Mason University]] in [[Fairfax, Virginia|Fairfax]], [[Virginia]], and attempts to build support for [[Energy policy|energy policies]] that are dictated by [[Conservative (politics)|conservative]] concepts of [[limited government]], [[big business]], accountability, reasonable risk-avoidance, and [[free enterprise]] [[capitalism]]. He argues that conservatives should accept the [[scientific consensus on climate change]] and advocates market-based solutions like a revenue-neutral [[carbon tax]], to be paid for by a reduction in income and payroll taxes.<ref name="nyt081227"/> He is executive director of republicEN, a group of conservatives promoting free market fixes to climate change.<ref name=CCL>{{cite web| title=Bob Inglis| publisher=[[Citizens Climate Lobby]]| url=https://citizensclimatelobby.org/about-ccl/advisory-board/bob-inglis/}}</ref>

==Early life, education, and law career==

Inglis was born in [[Savannah, Georgia]], the son of Helen Louise (née McCullough) and Allick Wyllie Inglis Jr. His ancestry is [[Scotland|Scottish]] and [[England|English]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/inglis.htm|title=inglis|access-date=March 5, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160201075914/http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~battle/reps/inglis.htm|archive-date=February 1, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> He grew up in [[Bluffton, South Carolina|Bluffton]], [[South Carolina]], near [[Hilton Head Island, South Carolina|Hilton Head Island]]. He earned his undergraduate degree from [[Duke University]] in [[Durham, North Carolina|Durham]], [[North Carolina]]. He obtained his [[Juris Doctor]] from the [[University of Virginia School of Law]] in [[Charlottesville, Virginia]]. Upon his graduation from law school, he worked for a number of years as a lawyer in private practice, and served on the executive committee of the Greenville County Republican Party.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/I000023/|title=Bob Inglis - U.S. Congress Votes Database|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=August 28, 2015|archive-date=September 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914221702/http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/I000023/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==U.S. House of Representatives==

===Elections===
;1992
Inglis made his first run for elected office when he won the Republican nomination for the 4th District.  In the general election, he defeated three-term incumbent [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]] [[Liz J. Patterson]], who had earlier defeated [[Bill Workman]] and [[Knox H. White]], two Republicans who were successive mayors of Greenville, with White still in the position. In this election, incumbent President [[George H. W. Bush]] carried the state with 48% of the vote, although he lost nationally, and South Carolina's majority of voters made it one of the strongest Republican-voting states. Although the 4th District had been trending Republican for some time, Patterson had deep family ties in the district as the daughter of the late, longtime [[U.S. Senator]] [[Olin D. Johnston]]. Additionally, she had won her first three terms under unfriendly conditions for Democrats.

;1994–1996
Proving just how Republican this district had become, Inglis was re-elected in 1994 and 1996 with no substantive opposition, both times winning more than 70 percent of the vote.

;1998
Inglis had promised during his initial bid for the seat to serve only three terms.  Accordingly, he vacated the seat in 1998 to run for the Senate against Democratic incumbent [[Ernest Hollings]], who had been in office since 1966, as successor to Olin Johnston. Inglis gave Hollings his third close race in a row, holding the longtime Senator to 53 percent of the vote.  After losing the race, Inglis returned to work as a lawyer, practicing commercial real estate and corporate law. He was succeeded in the House by [[Jim DeMint]], who had been an informal adviser to Inglis.

;2004
In 2004, DeMint opted to run for Hollings's open Senate seat instead of seeking re-election to the House. Inglis chose to try for his old House seat. He easily won a three-way Republican primary with 85 percent of the vote, all but assuring his return to Congress. He faced the founder of the [[HBCU Classic]] and first African American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] candidate to run for the 4th District seat, Brandon P. Brown from [[Taylors, South Carolina|Taylors]], in the general election. Inglis was re-elected with little difficulty in 2006 and 2008.

;2010
{{See also|2010 United States House of Representatives elections in South Carolina#District 4}}
Inglis faced four challengers in the Republican primary—the real contest in this heavily Republican district. It was the first time he faced substantive primary opposition as an incumbent. The challengers included 7th Circuit ([[Spartanburg]]) Solicitor Trey Gowdy, state Senator [[David L. Thomas]], college professor and former [[Historian of the United States House of Representatives|Historian of the U.S. House]] [[Christina Jeffrey]], and businessman Jim Lee.<ref name="gt100527" />

In the June 8, 2010, primary election, Inglis finished second with 27 percent of the vote, well behind first-place finisher Gowdy's 39 percent. Inglis was forced into a June 22 [[Two-round system|run-off election]] against Gowdy.<ref name="Bell" /> Although he had "racked up a reliably conservative record" during his six terms in the House,<ref>Kornacki, Steve (January 5, 2011) [http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/01/05/tea_party_gop_targets/index.html The Republicans who should fear the Tea Party the most] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110107072747/http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2011/01/05/tea_party_gop_targets/index.html |date=January 7, 2011}}, ''[[Salon.com]]''</ref> Inglis had been criticized by his primary opponents for certain votes, including his support for the [[Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008]] (which earned him the nickname "Bailout Bob")<ref>[[Robert Stacy McCain|McCain, Robert Stacy]] (June 23, 2010) [http://spectator.org/blog/2010/06/23/good-bye-bailout-bob-inglis Good-Bye, 'Bailout Bob' Inglis] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231025247/http://spectator.org/blog/2010/06/23/good-bye-bailout-bob-inglis |date=December 31, 2010}}, ''[[The American Spectator]]''</ref> and his opposition to the [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007]], and was portrayed as removed from the interests of the district.<ref name="Bell" /><ref name=tpm100609 /> Inglis had attacked Gowdy's conservatism and questioned his opponent's support for creating a costly lake in [[Union County, South Carolina|Union County]], South Carolina.<ref name="Bell" />

In the runoff, Gowdy defeated Inglis in a landslide, 71–29 percent.<ref name="cq100622" /> Following his defeat in the Republican primary, Inglis criticized the [[Tea Party movement]], which had supported his opponent's campaign, as well as the Republican Party for courting the movement, stating, "It's a dangerous strategy, to build conservatism on information and policies that are not credible."<ref>{{cite news |first=David|last=Corn |url=http://motherjones.com/politics/2010/08/bob-inglis-tea-party-casualty?page=1 |work=Mother Jones |title=Confessions of a Tea Party Casualty |date=August 3, 2010 |access-date=August 3, 2010}}</ref>

===Tenure===
Inglis's 2010 Republican primary opponents asserted that his voting record in his second House tenure was more moderate than his first. He was one of seventeen House Republicans who voted for a Democratic resolution opposing the [[Iraq War troop surge of 2007]], and spoke against [[climate change denial]], [[offshore oil drilling]] and [[Warrantless wiretapping|warrantless surveillance]] after his return to the House.<ref name="pol090407"/> In response, Inglis pointed to his 93.5% lifetime rating from the [[American Conservative Union]]<ref name="ts100526"/> and his endorsements from the [[NRA Political Victory Fund]]<ref>{{cite web |title=NRA-PVF Endorses U.S. Rep. Bob Inglis for Re-election in South Carolina's 4th Congressional District Republican Primary |url=https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20100426/nra-pvf-endorses-us-rep-bob-inglis-for-re-election-in-south-carolinas-4th-congressional-district-republican-primary |publisher=NRA-PVF |access-date=29 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140812204802/https://www.nrapvf.org/articles/20100426/nra-pvf-endorses-us-rep-bob-inglis-for-re-election-in-south-carolinas-4th-congressional-district-republican-primary |archive-date=August 12, 2014 |language=en-us |date=April 26, 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[National Right to Life Committee]].<ref name="gt100527"/> He touts his conservative credentials: "Ninety-three [[American Conservative Union]] lifetime rating, 100% [[Christian Coalition of America| Christian Coalition]], 100% [[National Right to Life]], A with the [[National Rifle Association| NRA]], zero with the [[Americans for Democratic Action]], the liberal group, and 23, by some mistake, with the [[AFL-CIO]], the labor union - I was really hoping for a zero."<ref name=TED>{{cite news|first=Manoush | last=Zomorodi| author-link=Manoush Zomorodi| title=Bob Inglis: How I Changed My Mind on Climate Change| date=December 3, 2021| work=[[NPR]]| url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1061214253}}</ref> 

On [[climate change]], Inglis said that conservatives should go with the facts and the science, and accept the [[National Academy of Sciences]]' conclusion that climate change is caused by human activities and poses significant risks, which 97 percent of climate scientists agree with.<ref name=NASA>{{cite web|title=Facts: Scientific Consensus|url=https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/|website=Global Climate Change: Vital Signs of the Planet|publisher=NASA}}</ref> He proposes eliminating all energy subsidies and replacing income and payroll taxes with a revenue neutral [[carbon tax]].<ref name=Bloomberg/> In 2009, he introduced the Raise Wages, Cut Carbon Act.<ref>{{cite news| last=McGowan| first=Elizabeth| title=Outgoing Rep. Bob Ingils Still Touting Revenue-Neutral Carbon Tax| work=[[Reuters]]| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/business/environment/outgoing-rep-bob-inglis-still-touting-revenue-neutral-carbon-tax-idUS3919992847/}}</ref>

Inglis is a staunch advocate of a federal prohibition of [[online poker]].  He also supported actions to aid people in [[War in Darfur|war-torn]] [[Darfur]]. In 2006, he co-sponsored H.R. 4411, the Goodlatte-Leach Internet Gambling Prohibition Act<ref name="hr4411"/> and H.R. 4777, the Internet Gambling Prohibition Act.<ref name="hr4777"/> 

In October 2007, before the South Carolina [[Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries, 2008|2008 Republican presidential primary]], Inglis told presidential candidate [[Mitt Romney]], a [[Mormon]], "[Y]ou cannot equate Mormonism with Christianity; you cannot say, 'I am a Christian just like you.'" Inglis stated "If he [Romney] does that, every Baptist preacher in the South is going to have to go to the pulpit on Sunday and explain the differences."<ref name="bn071030"/><ref>{{cite web |last1=Vu |first1=Michelle A. |title=Romney Advised Not to Equate Mormons, Christians |url=https://www.christianpost.com/news/romney-advised-not-to-equate-mormons-christians.html |website=The Christian Post |date=October 31, 2007}}</ref>

On September 15, 2009, Inglis was one of seven Republicans to cross party lines in voting to disapprove fellow South Carolina Republican [[Joe Wilson (U.S. politician)|Joe Wilson]] for a lack of decorum during President Obama's address to a [[Joint session of the United States Congress|joint session of Congress]].<ref name="vote090915"/> He was one of eight House Republicans to support the [[DREAM Act]].

===Committee assignments===
In the [[111th Congress]]:
*[[United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs|Committee on Foreign Affairs]]
**[[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment|Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment]]
**[[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe|Subcommittee on Europe]]
**[[United States House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia|Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia]]
*[[United States House Committee on Science and Technology|Committee on Science and Technology]]
**[[United States House Science Subcommittee on Energy and Environment|Subcommittee on Energy and Environment]] (Ranking Member)
**[[United States House Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education|Science Subcommittee on Research and Science Education]]

==Electoral history==
{{Incomplete list|date=February 2011}}

'''[[South Carolina's 4th congressional district]], [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1992|1992]]:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992/92Stat.htm|title=Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 3, 1992|date=May 31, 1993|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Donald K.|last=Anderson}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''', Republican – 99,879 (50.3%)
* [[Liz J. Patterson|Elizabeth J. Patterson]], Democrat – 94,182 (47.5%)
* [[Jo Jorgensen]], [[Libertarian Party (United States)|Libertarian]] – 4,286 (2.2%)
* [[Write-in candidate]]s – 63 (nil)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1994|1994]]:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm|title=Statistics of the congressional election of November 8, 1994|date=May 12, 1995|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Robin H.|last=Carle|author-link=Robin H. Carle}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''', Republican – 109,626 (73.5%)
* Jerry L. Fowler, Democrat – 39,396 (26.1%)
* Write-in candidates – 154 (0.1%)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, [[United States House of Representatives elections, 1996|1996]]:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/94Stat.htm|title=Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 5, 1996|date=July 23, 1997|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Robin H.|last=Carle|author-link=Robin H. Carle}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''', Republican – 138,165 (70.9%)
* Darrell E. Curry, Democrat – 54,126 (27.8%)
* C. Faye Walters, [[Natural Law Party (United States)|Natural Law]] – 2,501 (1.3%)

'''[[United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998]] – Republican primary:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scvotes.org/statistics/election_returns_from_primaries_and_general_elections_statewide|title=June 9, 1998 state wide Republican primary official results|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=South Carolina State Election Commission|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101103130944/http://www.scvotes.org/statistics/election_returns_from_primaries_and_general_elections_statewide|archive-date=November 3, 2010|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''' – 115,029 (74.6%)
* Stephen Brown – 33,530 (21.8%)
* Elton Legrand – 5,634 (3.7%)

'''United States Senate election in South Carolina, 1998:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/98Stat.htm|title=Statistics of the congressional election of November 3, 1998|date=January 3, 1999|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Jeff|last=Trandahl|author-link=Jeff Trandahl}}</ref>
* '''[[Ernest F. Hollings|Ernest Hollings]]''', Democrat – 563,377 (52.7%)
* Bob Inglis, Republican – 488,238 (45.7%)
* Richard T. Quillian, Libertarian – 16,991 (1.6%)
* Write-in candidates – 457 (nil)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2004|2004]]:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm|title=Statistics of the presidential and congressional election of November 2, 2004|date=June 7, 2005|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Jeff|last=Trandahl|author-link=Jeff Trandahl}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''', Republican – 188,795 (69.8%)
* [[Brandon P. Brown]], Democrat – 78,376 (29.0%)
* C. Faye Walters, [[Green Party (United States)|Green]] – 3,273 (1.2%)
* Write-in candidates – 150 (0.1%)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2006|2006]]:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006/2006Stat.htm|title=Statistics of the congressional election of November 7, 2006|date=September 21, 2007|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Lorraine C.|last=Miller|author-link=Lorraine C. Miller}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''', Republican – 115,553 (64.2%)
* William Griff Griffith, Democrat – 57,490 (32.0%)
* John Cobin, Libertarian – 4,467 (2.5%)
* C. Faye Walters, Green – 2,336 (1.3%)
* Write-in candidates – 85 (0.1%)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2008|2008]] – Republican primary:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/4186/7382/en/summary.html|title=2008 Republican and Democratic Primary|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=South Carolina State Election Commission}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''' – 37,571 (67.0%)
* [[Charles Jeter]] – 18,545 (33.1%)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2008:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2008/2008Stat.html|title=Statistics of the presidential and congressional elections of November 4, 2008|date=July 10, 2009|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=[[Clerk of the United States House of Representatives]]|first=Lorraine C.|last=Miller|author-link=Lorraine C. Miller}}</ref>
* '''Bob Inglis''', Republican – 184,440 (60.1%)
* Paul Corden, Democrat – 113,291 (36.9%)
* C. Faye Walters, Green – 7,332 (2.4%)
* Write-in candidates – 1,865 (0.6%)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, [[United States House of Representatives elections, 2010|2010]] – Republican primary:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16117/28318/en/summary.html|title=2010 Republican and Democratic Primary|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=South Carolina State Election Commission}}</ref>
* '''[[Trey Gowdy]]''' – 34,103 (39.2%)
* Bob Inglis – 23,877 (27.5%)
* Jim Lee – 11,854 (13.6%)
* [[David L. Thomas|David Thomas]] – 11,073 (12.7%)
* Christina Jeffrey – 6,041 (7.0%)

'''South Carolina's 4th congressional district, 2010 – Republican primary runoff:'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.enr-scvotes.org/SC/16213/29430/en/summary.html|title=Runoff – 2010 Republican and Democratic Primary|access-date=October 31, 2010|publisher=South Carolina State Election Commission}}</ref>
* '''Trey Gowdy''' – 54,412 (70.7%)
* Bob Inglis – 22,590 (29.3%)

==Views on climate change==
On December 27, 2008, Inglis and [[Art Laffer]] coauthored an op-ed in ''[[The New York Times]]'' in support of a revenue neutral [[carbon tax]]: "We need to impose a tax on the thing we want less of (carbon dioxide) and reduce taxes on the things we want more of (income and jobs). A carbon tax would attach the national security and environmental costs to carbon-based fuels like oil, causing the market to recognize the price of these negative externalities."<ref name="nyt081227"/> He made the case in a ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'' op-ed, noting that  "small particulates from coal-fired plants cause 23,600 premature deaths in the U.S. annually, 21,850 hospital admissions, 26,000 emergency room visits for asthma, 38,200 heart attacks that are not fatal, and 3,186,000 lost work days". He writes: <blockquote> conservatives know that there’s no such thing as a free lunch, we know that we’re paying for those deaths and illnesses. We pay for them through government programs for the poor and elderly, and when the costs of the uninsured are shifted onto the insured. We pay all right, but just not at the electric meter.

We pay the full cost of petroleum in hidden ways, too. We pay to protect the supply lines coming out of the Middle East through the blood of the country’s best and though the treasure that comes from our taxes or, worse, from deficit financing. We pay in the risk to our national security. We pay the cost of lung impairments when the small-particulate pollution comes from tailpipes just like we pay when the small particulates come from power plants. We just don’t pay at the pump.

What if we attached all of the costs -- especially the hidden costs -- to all fuels? What if we believed in accountability? What if we believed in the power of free markets?<ref name=Bloomberg>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-02/conservative-means-standing-with-science-on-climate-bob-inglis.html|title=Conservative Means Standing With Science on Climate |work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|url-status=dead| date=October 2, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005095046/http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-02/conservative-means-standing-with-science-on-climate-bob-inglis.html|archive-date=October 5, 2011|df=mdy-all}}</ref></blockquote>

He "figures prominently"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/24/bob-inglis-advocates-action-to-fight-climate-chang/ |title=Bob Inglis breaks from Republican Party, advocates action to fight climate change |last=Althoff |first=Eric |work=[[The Washington Times]] |date=March 24, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref> in the 2014 ''[[Merchants of Doubt (film)|Merchants of Doubt]]'' documentary as an interviewee exposing the methods of science deniers. He also appears in the documentary series ''[[Years of Living Dangerously]]''.

He made the case in a [[TED talk]]: "We want to insist that polluters pay. They pay for these emissions, and the marginal harm they are causing for that last ton of CO2." He proposes ending energy subsidies, including "the biggest subsidy of all: the ability to belch and burn for free without accountability."<ref>{{cite video| title=Changing the dialogue on energy and climate| publisher=[[TED (conference)|TED X]]| date=December 11, 2013| url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUmcnxIQU24}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
Inglis was the recipient of the 2015 [[Profile in Courage Award]] from the [[John F. Kennedy Library Foundation]] "for the courage he demonstrated when reversing his position on climate change after extensive briefings with scientists, and discussions with his children, about the impact of atmospheric warming on our future."<ref>[[John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum]], [http://www.jfklibrary.org/About-Us/News-and-Press/Press-Releases/2015-Profile-in-Courage-Announcement.aspx]</ref>

==Personal life==
Inglis and his wife Mary Anne have five grown children, and they live on a small farm near [[Travelers Rest, South Carolina|Travelers Rest]], north of Greenville. He is a member of St. John in the Wilderness, an Episcopal congregation in Flat Rock, NC. In 2015, he signed an [[amicus brief]] calling for the recognition of [[same-sex marriage]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/3734626/gay-marriage-supreme-court-republicans/|title=300 Republicans Call on Supreme Court to Recognize Gay Marriage|author=Zeke J Miller|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]}}</ref>

On October 2, 2023, Inglis wrote an op-ed in the ''[[New York Times]]'' urging his fellow Republicans to consider the long range consequences of their votes, and arguing that when they "grow up" and look back on their careers they will ask themselves "Was I an agent of chaos in a house divided, or did I work to bring America together, healing rifts and bridging divides?"<ref>{{cite news| last=Ingils| first=Bob| title=My Fellow Republicans: It's Time to Grow Up| date=October 2, 2023| work=[[New York Times]]| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/02/opinion/kevin-mccarthy-house-republicans-shutdown.html}}</ref>

==Opposition to Donald Trump==
In October 2016, Inglis was one of thirty GOP ex-lawmakers to sign a public letter condemning Republican presidential candidate [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news|author1=Bash, Dana|author2=Tal, Kopan|title=30 Former GOP Lawmakers Sign Anti-Trump Letter|url=http://us.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/republican-lawmakers-never-trump-letter/index.html|access-date=10 October 2016|work=CNN|date=6 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Caldwell|first1=Leigh Ann|title=Thirty Former GOP Congressmen Come Out Against Trump|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2016-election/thirty-former-gop-congressmen-come-out-against-trump-n660906|access-date=23 October 2016|work=NBC News|date=6 October 2016}}</ref> He had previously said, in a May 2016 interview with [[Chris Hayes (journalist)|Chris Hayes]], that "under no circumstances" could he vote for Trump.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Coyne|first1=Amanda|title=Ex-Rep. Inglis 'under no circumstances' voting for Trump|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/story/news/2016/05/10/ex-rep-inglis-under-no-circumstances-voting-trump/84182296/|access-date=23 October 2016|work=Greenville Online|date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Bob Inglis Live on MSNBC's "All In"|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lJCdgC6Um4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/4lJCdgC6Um4 |archive-date=2021-12-22 |url-status=live|website=YouTube|publisher=RepublicEn Videos|access-date=23 October 2016|date=9 May 2016}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Commenting on Trump's campaign after the election, Inglis said: "It's one thing to represent people and give a voice to their fears. It is quite another to amplify those fears—that is surely the worst possible kind of leadership. It's demagoguery. The real sadness for me is that we knew it, and yet we voted for it. In a very real sense, the whole country has lost this election."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/11/trump-white-nationalists-hate-racism-power/ |title=White Nationalists See Trump As Their Troll in Chief. Is He With Them? |last=Harkinson |first=Josh |publisher=Mother Jones |access-date=December 14, 2020}}</ref>

Six months later, after [[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives|House Speaker]] [[Paul Ryan]] accused Democrats of partisan bias in calling for Trump's impeachment over the [[Dismissal of James Comey|firing of FBI director James Comey]], then investigating [[Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections|possible links between Trump's campaign and Russia]], Inglis chastised Ryan on [[Twitter]], saying, "you know this isn't true" since Republicans would have had, in his opinion, ample grounds for considering impeachment if a Democratic president had done the things Trump was accused of.<ref name="Hill impeachment story">{{cite news|last=Hensch|first=Mark|title=Ex-GOP rep: Ryan's impeachment claim about Trump 'isn't true'|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/337145-ex-gop-rep-ryans-impeachment-claim-isnt-true/|newspaper=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]]|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=June 13, 2017}}</ref> Reminded that he had, as a member of the [[House Judiciary Committee]], voted to [[impeachment of Bill Clinton|impeach President Bill Clinton]] in 1998, he said that was "for matters less serious than the ones before us now."<ref name="Charleston City paper Trumpeachment story">{{cite news|last=Spence|first=Sam|title=S.C. congressman driven out by tea party says he voted to impeach Clinton for less serious issues than those facing Trump|url=https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2017/06/09/fmr-sc-congressman-driven-out-by-the-tea-party-says-he-voted-to-impeach-clinton-on-less-serious-issues-than-those-facing-trump|newspaper=[[Charleston City Paper]]|date=June 9, 2017|access-date=June 13, 2017|archive-date=June 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170609221514/https://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/TheBattery/archives/2017/06/09/fmr-sc-congressman-driven-out-by-the-tea-party-says-he-voted-to-impeach-clinton-on-less-serious-issues-than-those-facing-trump|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2024, Inglis endorsed [[Kamala Harris]] over Trump in the presidential election. According to him, if Harris wins, it would be great for the Republican Party, restoring its rationality to be the credible free enterprise, small government party again.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2024/09/17/inglis-endorses-harris-calling-trump-a-clear-and-present-danger/|title=Inglis endorses Harris, calling Trump ‘a clear and present danger’|author=Jack O'Toole|newspaper=[[Charleston City Paper]]|date=September 17, 2024|access-date=November 17, 2024}}</ref>

==References==
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<ref name="hr4411">{{cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411:|title=Bill Summary & Status - 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) - H.R.4411 - THOMAS (Library of Congress)|access-date=August 7, 2008|archive-date=November 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081125231725/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04411:|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="hr4777">{{cite web|url=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777:|title=Bill Summary & Status - 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) - H.R.4777 - THOMAS (Library of Congress)|access-date=August 7, 2008|archive-date=October 18, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018013459/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.04777:|url-status=dead}}</ref>
<ref name="bn071030">{{cite news |first1=Hans |last1=Nichols |first2=Christopher |last2=Stern |publisher=[[Bloomberg News]] |title=Romney Shouldn't Equate Mormons, Christians, Evangelicals Say |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aU_vOirVlXhY&refer=home |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090729065107/https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601070&sid=aU_vOirVlXhY&refer=home |archive-date=July 29, 2009 |url-status=dead |date=October 30, 2007 |access-date=January 30, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="nyt081227">{{cite news |first=Bob |last=Inglis |author2=Arthur B. Laffer |title=An Emissions Plan Conservatives Could Warm To |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/28/opinion/28inglis.html?partner=permalink&exprod=permalink |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=December 27, 2008 |access-date=December 29, 2008}}</ref>
<ref name="pol090407">{{cite web |first=Josh |last=Kraushaar|title=Inglis faces fight from the right |url=https://www.politico.com/story/2009/04/inglis-faces-fight-from-the-right-020974|work=[[Politico.com]]|date=April 7, 2009|access-date=April 14, 2009}}</ref>
<ref name="vote090915">{{cite web |publisher=U.S. House of Representatives |title=Final Vote Results For Roll Call 699 (H RES 744) |url=http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll699.xml |date=September 15, 2009 |access-date=June 18, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="ts100526">{{cite news|work=The State |title=Incumbent Inglis faces backlash |url=http://www.thestate.com/2010/05/26/1304449/incumbent-inglis-faces-backlash.html |date=May 26, 2010 |access-date=June 1, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
<ref name="gt100527">{{cite news |first=Rudolph |last=Bell |url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100527/NEWS/305270015/Four-challengers-go-after-Bob-Inglis-in-4th-District-primary |work=[[The Greenville News]] |title=Four challengers go after Bob Inglis in 4th District primary |date=May 27, 2010 |access-date=June 18, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
<ref name="Bell">{{cite news|last1=Bell|first1=Rudolph|last2=Szobody|first2=Ben|title=Trey Gowdy led Bob Inglis in 4th District, but not enough to avoid runoff|newspaper=[[The Greenville News]]|date=June 9, 2010|url=http://www.greenvilleonline.com/article/20100609/NEWS/306090059/|access-date=June 9, 2010}} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
<ref name=tpm100609>{{cite web|last=Beutler|first=Brian|title=Incumbent Republican Inglis Down Big Heading Into Runoff|publisher=[[Talking Points Memo]]|date=June 9, 2010|url=http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/incumbent-republican-inglis-down-big-heading-into-runoff.php|access-date=June 9, 2010}}</ref>
<ref name="cq100622">{{cite news |last=McArdle |first=John |url=http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003688244 |title=Gowdy Crushes Inglis in S.C. Runoff |work=[[CQ Politics]] |date=June 22, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628043350/http://www.cqpolitics.com/wmspage.cfm?docID=news-000003688244 |archive-date=June 28, 2010 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
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* [http://www.opencongress.org/people/show/400649_Bob_Inglis Congressional profile] at [[Participatory Politics Foundation|OpenCongress]]
* [http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00002460 Financial information (federal office)] at [[Center for Responsive Politics|OpenSecrets.org]]
* [http://www.legistorm.com/member/292/Rep_Robert_Durden_Inglis_Sr.html Staff salaries, trips and personal finance] at LegiStorm.com
* [http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Bob_Inglis.htm Issue positions and quotes] at [[On the Issues]]
* [http://www.c-spanvideo.org/person/26441 Appearances] on [[C-SPAN]] programs
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