Texas Legislators: Past & Present

James Melville Ingram

Full Name: James Melville Ingram
Other surnames: Ingraham
Birth date: December 7, 1840
Death date: June 7, 1900

Terms of Service

Senate, 22nd ⁽²⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ & 21st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1889 - 1/10/1893
Democrat

(1) Sexton, Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(3) Hemphill, Sabine County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Sexton, Sabine County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(5) 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) .
(6) 21st Legislature - Roll call of new members, oath of office administered, 1/8/1889, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(7) Sexton, Sabine County. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Photographs

Photograph. J.M. Ingram, State Preservation Board
Photograph. J.M. Ingram, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

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 .
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 .
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.
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.
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.
Death notice, "Col. Ingram's Death," 6/9/1900, p. 5. Waco Times-Herald .