C. A. Ingram
{{Short description|American lawyer and legislator}}
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|image = Charles A. Ingram.png
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|order = 44th
|office = Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly
| term_start = January 11, 1911
| term_end = January 6, 1913
| predecessor = Levi H. Bancroft
| successor = Merlin Hull
|state_assembly1 = Wisconsin
| term_start1 = January 7, 1907
| term_end1 = January 6, 1913
| predecessor1 = Fred J. Bohri
| successor1 = James Allison
|party = Republican
|birth_date = {{Birth date|1867|03|19}}
|birth_place = Waubeek, Wisconsin, U.S.
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1937|12|09|1867|03|19}}
|death_place = Durand, Wisconsin, U.S.
|restingplace = Forest Hill Cemetery, {{nowrap|Durand, Wisconsin}}
|spouse = {{marriage|Irmina Lloyd|1890|1937}}
|children = 4
|education = {{Plainlist|
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|profession = Lawyer
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Charles Adain Ingram (March 19, 1867{{spaced ndash}}December 9, 1937) was an American lawyer and progressive Republican politician from Pepin County, Wisconsin. He served as the 44th speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly, and represented Buffalo and Pepin counties in the Assembly for three terms.
Biography
Born in Waubeek, Wisconsin, Ingram graduated from University of Wisconsin–Madison and then taught school. Ingram then graduated from University of Wisconsin Law School and then practiced law and was in the publication business. Ingram was district attorney of Pepin County, Wisconsin, and then served in the Wisconsin State Assembly 1907-1913 as a Progressive Republican and served as speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly in the 1911 session. He then went back to his law firm and publication business.American Legislative Leaders in the Midwest 1911-1994, Nancy Walters Sharp and James Roger Sharp, Greenwood Publishing Group: 1997, pg. 138-139Wisconsin Blue Book 1907, Biographical Sketch of C.A, Ingram, pg. 1139
He died in Durand, Wisconsin, on December 9, 1937.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54498208/c-a-ingram-dies-suddenly-at-age-of-70/ |title=C. A. Ingram Dies Suddenly at Age of 70 |newspaper=Eau Claire Leader-Telegram |location=Durand, Wisconsin |page=13 |date=1937-12-20 |access-date=2020-06-30 |via=Newspapers.com}}
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{{s-ttl|title = {{nowrap|Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} {{nowrap|from the Buffalo–Pepin district}} |years= January 7, 1907{{spaced ndash}}January 6, 1913 }}
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{{s-ttl|title = {{nowrap|Speaker of the Wisconsin State Assembly}} |years= January 11, 1911{{spaced ndash}}January 6, 1913 }}
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Category:People from Pepin County, Wisconsin
Category:University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Category:University of Wisconsin Law School alumni
Category:Wisconsin Republicans
Category:Wisconsin Progressives (1924)
Category:20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature
Category:Speakers of the Wisconsin State Assembly
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