James Melville Ingram

Full Name: James Melville Ingram
Other surnames: Ingraham
Date of birth: December 7, 1840
Date of death: June 7, 1900

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	2	Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893	21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Sexton / Sabine		Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(2) Sexton, Sabine County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Sexton, Sabine County. Senate Journal.
(4) Sexton, Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives.
(5) Hemphill, Sabine County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(6) J.M. Ingraham, Senate District 2. List of Senators of the 21st Legislature, "The State Senate: Members-Elect in the Different Districts - Austin Local Notes," Galveston Daily News, 11/20/1888, p. 6, crediting Abilene Library Consortium. "There are two independents in the list. The rest are democratic nominees." Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
(7) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal.

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Senate District 2
Jan 8, 1889 - Jan 10, 1893
Legislatures: 21st ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ 22nd ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Sexton / Sabine
Counties in district: Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby

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Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch and portrait, James Mellville Ingram, pp. 174-175. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Distinguished Texans, 21st Legislature, 1889.
Biographical sketch and portrait, James Melville Ingram, pp. 200-202. Portrait: James M. Ingraham. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.
Biographical sketch, James Melville Ingram, p. 391. Born 12/7/1840. "James Melville Ingram of Hemphill . . . Ingram came to Texas in 1857 when his family settled at Sexton in Sabine county." The Texas Senate: Volume II, Civil War to the Eve of Reform, 1861-1889, 1999.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Private and 2nd Lieutenant, Company C, Whitfield's Legion or Battalion (J.P. Henderson Rangers), enlistment date 10/10/1861 at San Augustine, Texas. James M. Ingram, Texas, U.S., Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900. Ancestry.com.
Confederate States Army, Private, 1st Lieutenant (April 1862), Captain (March 1863), Company C, Whitfield's Legion, served under General McCulloch. Personnel of the Texas State Government with Sketches of Representative Men of Texas, 22nd Legislature, 1892.

Other Resources

James M. Ingram, birth date 12/7/1840, death date 6/7/1900, burial in Oakland Memorial Park, Terrell, Kaufman County, with wife Mary Cartwright Ingram. Find a Grave.
Death notice, "Col. Ingram's Death," 6/9/1900, p. 5. Waco Times-Herald.

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. Ingram, 22nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Ingram, 21st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

21st session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.
22nd session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber gallery, west wall. 3E.5). State Preservation Board.

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22nd R.S. - 1891 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses Education Engrossed Bills Finance Judiciary No. 2 Mining and Irrigation Penitentiaries Public Debt (Chair) Public Health Public Lands Public Printing Retrenchment and Reform Stock and Stock Raising Towns, Cities and Corporations
21st R.S. - 1889 Agricultural Affairs Commerce and Manufacture Constitutional Amendments Contingent Expenses (Chair) Education Engrossed Bills Finance Internal Improvements Memorial of John M. Swisher Penitentiaries Private Land Claims Public Debt (Chair) Public Lands Public Printing Retrenchment and Reform Stock and Stockraising

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