Keith Ingram

American politician

Keith Ingram

Minority Leader of the Arkansas Senate
In office January 15, 2013 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Ruth Whitaker
Succeeded by	Greg Leding
Member of the Arkansas Senate from the 24th district
In office January 15, 2013 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Jimmy Jeffress
Succeeded by	Missy Irvin
Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 53rd district
In office January 2009 – January 15, 2013
Preceded by	Denny Sumpter
Succeeded by	Homer Lenderman
11th Mayor of West Memphis
In office 1987–1994
Preceded by	Leo Chitman
Succeeded by	Al Boals

Personal details
Born	(1955-04-12) April 12, 1955 (age 69) West Memphis, Arkansas, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Relatives	Bill Ingram (Father)
Education	University of Arkansas, Fayetteville University of Mississippi, Oxford (BA)
Website	Campaign website

Keith M. Ingram (born April 12, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Arkansas. A member of the Democratic Party, Ingram represents the 24th district in the Arkansas Senate, of which he is the Minority Leader. Ingram's district includes Crittenden County and parts of Cross, Lee, Phillips and St. Francis counties in eastern Arkansas.

He previously represented the 53rd district in the Arkansas House of Representatives for from January 2009 – January 2013 and served as mayor of West Memphis, Arkansas.

Career

While he was Senator-elect, Ingram was selected as the Democrats' Minority Leader to succeed the party's former Majority Leader Robert F. Thompson of Paragould in Greene County in northeastern Arkansas.^[1]^[2] He considered running for Governor of Arkansas, in the 2014 election, when the incumbent Democrat Mike Beebe was term-limited but did not file for the higher office.^[3]

Ingram is a member of National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments and the Southern Legislative Conference. With NCSL, he serves on the Law & Criminal Justice Standing Committee and sits on the Annual Meeting Committee for CSG. In addition to serving as 2014 chairman of the Southern Legislative Conference, he sits on the Energy & Environment Committee.

Business career

Ingram currently serves as vice president of Razorback Concrete Company, a family-owned business in West Memphis.

Family

Ingram's father, William K. Ingram, was an Arkansas state senator from 1963 until 1981, while his brother, Kent Ingram, served for nine years in the state Senate.^[2]

References

^ "Arkansas Senate" (Press release). Arkansas.gov. 2012-11-13. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
^ ^a ^b "Ingram elected minority leader in State Senate". The Helena Arkansas Daily World. 2012-12-06. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
^ "Ingram considering run for Ark. governor". KTHV. 2013-01-29. Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-26.