Inge was born in Granville County, North Carolina in 1802. His parents were Richard Inge Sr., a Revolutionary War soldier,[1] 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.[2]
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.[3] He was then elected as a Jacksonian to the Twenty-third Congress, which lasted from March 4, 1833 to March 3, 1835.[4] 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.[5]
Inge died of heart disease[7] in Livingston, Alabama in 1846 and is interred at Livingston Cemetery. He was the uncle of U.S. Representative Samuel Williams Inge.[8]
References
^Thomas M. Owen, Dictionary of Alabama Biography, vol. 3 (1921).
^"William Marshall Inge". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
^Dictionary of North Carolina Biography: Vol. 3, H-K edited by William S. Powell