John Ingram (politician)
| John Randolph Ingram | |
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| 8th North Carolina Commissioner of Insurance | |
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In office January 10, 1973 – January 10, 1985 |
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| Preceded by | Edwin S. Lanier |
| Succeeded by | James E. Long |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 12, 1929 Greensboro, North Carolina |
| Died | January 6, 2013 (aged 83) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Virginia Brown (m. 1954) |
| Children | Four |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Profession | Attorney |
| Religion | Methodist |
For the businessman, see John R. Ingram (businessman).
John Randolph Ingram (June 12, 1929 – January 6, 2013) was an American Democratic politician, attorney, and insurance commissioner. He served as North Carolina's Commissioner of Insurance from 1973 until 1985.
John Randolph Ingram was born on June 12, 1929 in Greensboro, North Carolina. He attended Asheboro High School. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from the Kenan–Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina in 1951. He earned his Juris Doctor from University of North Carolina School of Law in 1954.
He practiced as an attorney, serving on the board of directors of the North Carolina Bar Association. He served as a lawyer in the JAG Corps. After serving, he returned to North Carolina where he started his political career.
He first ran for election to represent Randolph County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1960, but lost. He ran for the state House again, winning in 1970, and served for one term, during which he introduced the bill reducing the voting age to 18 in North Carolina, and also advocated for auto insurance reform. He won his post as Commissioner of Insurance in 1972.
In that role, he was known as a populist and was an outspoken holder of the office. He won re-election in 1976 and 1980. He considered the abolition of assigned risk for young drivers to be the highlight of his career as Commissioner. Throughout his tenure, he consistently rejected insurance rate increases, although these were overturned by appellate courts in 32 of 33 cases. This brought him into conflict with the General Assembly, which, in 1977, stripped the Commissioner's office of its rate-capping powers.
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