Printing and Politics
In 1888 he retired from educational work and shortly thereafter entered into partnership with UK Coryell and established the printing house of Ingraham & Coryell. They published the Northwest Journal of Education and the Seattle Guide, a monthly publication of general information connected with the city, besides conducting a general job-printing business. Ingraham was a member of the Board of Aldermen for the city of Seattle, serving one term, and in March, 1893, he was appointed by Governor John H. McGraw to the position of Regent of the State Agricultural College and School of Science for a term of four years.
Ingraham was married in Seattle, in April, 1888, to Miss Myra Carr, a native of Oregon, whose parents were pioneers in the early 1860s. They had two sons, Norman and Kenneth.
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