sentences:  In 1856, Ingram became the Liberal candidate in a by-election in his home town of Boston.With help from his friends Mark Lemon and Douglas Jerrold at "Punch", and from the team at "The Illustrated London News", Ingram advocated a policy of social reform.He told the people of Boston they needed a "representative who is at once the product and the embodiment of the progressive spirit of the age".