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William Marshall Inge (1802–1846) was an American politician who represented Tennessee's tenth district in the United States House of Representatives in the 23rd Congress.

Biography

Inge was born in Granville County, North Carolina in 1802. His parents were Richard Inge Sr., a Revolutionary War soldier, and Sally Johnson. He attended the schools of North Carolina, moved to Tennessee, and continued his schooling. He studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced law.

Career

William Marshall Inge's career included work as a lawyer, a Superior Court Judge, a state politician (in both Tennessee and Alabama), and a national politician. He was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1828 - 1833. He was then elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835. He served as a Tennessee congressman alongside future U.S. President James Polk and frontiersman Davy Crockett.

Having moved to Livingston, Alabama in 1836, Inge resumed the practice of his profession. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives in 1840, 1844, and 1845. While a member of the Alabama House of Representatives, he argued against the death penalty.

Personal life

He married Susan Marr of Fayetteville, Tennessee. They had six children: Sally, Mary Turner (she married John T. Loudon who served with an Arkansas Union Infantry regiment during the Civil War), Eliza Jane, John, Susan, and William Jr.

Death

Inge died of heart disease in Livingston, Alabama in 1846 and is interred at Livingston Cemetery. He was the uncle of U.S. Representative Samuel Williams Inge.

References

1. Thomas M. Owen, Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 3 (1921).
2. "William Marshall Inge". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
3. Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 3, H-K edited by William S. Powell
4. "William Marshall Inge". Govtrack US Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
5. Taming Alabama: Lawyers and Reformers, 1804-1929, By Paul M. Pruitt Jr., page 131
6. "Inge, William Marshall | NCpedia".
7. Reminiscences of Public Men in Alabama, page 184
8. "William Marshall Inge". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved February 28, 2013.

External links

• United States Congress. "William Marshall Inge (id: I000014)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

• 1802 births
• 1846 deaths
• Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee
• 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives
• 19th-century members of the Alabama Legislature