E. Snapper Ingram
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Ebenezer Snapper Ingram was a Los Angeles City Council
member representing the 10th District
from 1927 until 1935. He went by E. Snapper Ingram.
, and came to Los Angeles in 1910. He had a brother, Russell Uhl Ingram. Ingram began his working career in 1910 in the office of the Los Angeles city engineer. He served in World War I as a member of Battery B, Second Anti-Aircraft Batallion, attached to the First Army Artillery Headquarters.
On reentering civilian life he became active in the local chapter of 40 & 8, La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux
, which in 1929 was described as "the fun-making organization of the American Legion
." In October of that year at the convention in Louisville, Kentucky, he was elected Chef de Chemin de Fer, the president of the national organization. He was also a Mason
and an American Legion
member.
Ingram was a member of so many social organizations — 28 altogether — that he had a special pocketbook made to carry all his membership cards, a feature story in the Los Angeles Times reported in 1928.
Ingram took the name Snapper as his own when he became a member of the Shriners
. He explained in 1927:
He died on April 19, 1966, after a fall in his home at 407 South Fuller Avenue. He was survived by his wife, Anita, whom he had married in 1930.
He successfully ran for election to the City Council for a two-year term in 1927 against the incumbent, Otto J. Zahn,. He said his campaign plans were delayed for a week because he wanted to use the name "Snapper" on the ballots, but the City Clerk hesitated to do so. The City Attorney, however, ruled that a candidate could use the name by which he was best known.
Ingram was re-elected in the primary voting in 1929. In the next election, 1931, he bested George Underwood by a vote of 5,807 to 4,891.
At that time the 10th District was bounded by West Pico and Ninth Street on the north, Jefferson Boulevard on the south, Vermont Avenue on the west and Hooper Avenue or Central Avenue on the east.
In 1945, Ingram, "whose desire to be helpful has made him many friends," was a City Council candidate in the Fourth District
, coming in fourth in a field of eight candidates and losing to Harold A. Henry
.
member representing the 10th District
Los Angeles City Council District 10
Los Angeles City Council District 10 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council. It includes parts of Palms, Koreatown and South Los Angeles. Herb Wesson has been the incumbent since 2005....
from 1927 until 1935. He went by E. Snapper Ingram.
Biography
Ingram was born on December 8, 1884, to Samuel S. Ingram and Elizabeth E. James in Johnstown, PennsylvaniaJohnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States, west-southwest of Altoona, Pennsylvania and east of Pittsburgh. The population was 20,978 at the 2010 census. It is the principal city of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania, Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Cambria County...
, and came to Los Angeles in 1910. He had a brother, Russell Uhl Ingram. Ingram began his working career in 1910 in the office of the Los Angeles city engineer. He served in World War I as a member of Battery B, Second Anti-Aircraft Batallion, attached to the First Army Artillery Headquarters.
On reentering civilian life he became active in the local chapter of 40 & 8, La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux
Forty and Eight veterans organization
The Forty and Eight is an organization of veterans of the United States armed forces. Its official name is "La Société des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux," which is French, and translates as "The Society of Forty Men and Eight Horses."-History:...
, which in 1929 was described as "the fun-making organization of the American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
." In October of that year at the convention in Louisville, Kentucky, he was elected Chef de Chemin de Fer, the president of the national organization. He was also a Mason
Mason
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and an American Legion
American Legion
The American Legion is a mutual-aid organization of veterans of the United States armed forces chartered by the United States Congress. It was founded to benefit those veterans who served during a wartime period as defined by Congress...
member.
Ingram was a member of so many social organizations — 28 altogether — that he had a special pocketbook made to carry all his membership cards, a feature story in the Los Angeles Times reported in 1928.
Ingram took the name Snapper as his own when he became a member of the Shriners
Shriners
The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, also commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A.A.O.N.M.S., established in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry, based in the United States...
. He explained in 1927:
I was interested in athletics and became a member of the Shrine patrol drill team. Being the shortest man in the contingent, I was given the end position and among our maneuvers was a "crack-the whip" movement. Being on the end of the rank, I was on the "snapper" end of the whip and because of the many tumbles I incurred from the "cracking of the whip" I was called "Snapper."
He died on April 19, 1966, after a fall in his home at 407 South Fuller Avenue. He was survived by his wife, Anita, whom he had married in 1930.
Elections
See also List of Los Angeles municipal election returns, 1927, 1929, 1931 and 1945.He successfully ran for election to the City Council for a two-year term in 1927 against the incumbent, Otto J. Zahn,. He said his campaign plans were delayed for a week because he wanted to use the name "Snapper" on the ballots, but the City Clerk hesitated to do so. The City Attorney, however, ruled that a candidate could use the name by which he was best known.
Ingram was re-elected in the primary voting in 1929. In the next election, 1931, he bested George Underwood by a vote of 5,807 to 4,891.
At that time the 10th District was bounded by West Pico and Ninth Street on the north, Jefferson Boulevard on the south, Vermont Avenue on the west and Hooper Avenue or Central Avenue on the east.
In 1945, Ingram, "whose desire to be helpful has made him many friends," was a City Council candidate in the Fourth District
Los Angeles City Council District 4
Los Angeles City Council District 4 is one of the 15 districts of the Los Angeles City Council, situated in the center of the city. It is represented by Tom Labonge....
, coming in fourth in a field of eight candidates and losing to Harold A. Henry
Harold A. Henry
Not to be confused with Harold Harby, Los Angeles City Council member 1943–57.Harold A. Henry was a community newspaper publisher who was elected to the Los Angeles City Council in 1945 and was its president for four terms from 1947 to 1962....
.
Activities
Recall threatened In January 1930, Ingram and seven other council members who had voted in favor of granting a rock-crushing permit in the Santa Monica Mountains were unsuccessfully targeted for recall on the grounds that the eighthave conspired with . . . Alphonzo BellAlphonzo BellAlphonzo Edward Bell Sr. was an American oil multi-millionaire, real estate developer, philanthropist, and champion tennis player...
, Samuel Traylor and Chapin A. Day, all multi-millionaires, to grant this group a special spot zoning permit to crush and ship . . . from the high-class residential section of Santa Monica, limestone and rock for cement.