Arthur B. Ingram

Arthur B. Ingram, Inghram or Ingraham was a farmer, originally from Tyler County in what was then Virginia.

Arthur B. Ingram
President of the Council of the Wisconsin Territory
In office
November 6, 1837 – July 4, 1838
Preceded byHenry S. Baird
Succeeded byWilliam Bullen
Member of the Council of the Wisconsin Territory for Des Moines County
In office
October 25, 1836 – July 4, 1838
Serving with Jeremiah Smith Jr. and Joseph B. Teas
Preceded byDistrict established
Succeeded byDistrict abolished
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the Tyler County district
In office
1826–1829
In office
1815–1817
Personal details
RelativesArthur I. Boreman (nephew)

Legislative service

Ingram (as he was then known) served five one-year terms in the Virginia House of Delegates representing Tyler County: 1815–1816, 1816–1817, 1826–1827, 1827-1828 and 1828–1829.[1] His sister Sarah was the mother of Arthur Ingram Boreman, later first Governor of West Virginia.

Moving on

He moved to Illinois, and then to the Wisconsin Territory[2] and served in the 1st Wisconsin Territorial Assembly from 1836 to 1838 representing the southern part of what would soon become the Iowa Territory in the Territorial Council (equivalent of a state senate). He was elected President of the council for the 2nd (1837) session of the legislature, and for a subsequent special session in 1838.[3] Iowa Territory was created July 4, 1838.

His fourth daughter and eighth child, Margaret Fee Ingraham, married W. W. Chapman.[4]

References
  1. "Arthur Ingram: Member From: 1815 - 1829" in, House History: All Burgesses & Delegates Virginia General Assembly website. Accessed August 30, 2021
  2. Scott, Harvey Whitefield. History of Portland, Oregon: With Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Prominent Citizens and Pioneers Syracuse, New York: D. Mason & Company, 1890; p. 471
  3. Beck, J. D., ed. The Blue Book of the state of Wisconsin Madison: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1911; pp. 528-529
  4. Nolan, Frederick W. The Lincoln County War: A Documentary History Revised Edition with a New Foreword by the Author and An Addendum with Corrections. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sunstone Press, 2009; p. 451
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