Ralph Ingersoll Lockwood (1798 Greenwich – 1855 New York City)[1] was an American political writer, lawyer and novelist.
[2] Lockwood was one of 136 signatories to an 1838 petition to Congress on the matter of copyright and intellectual property.
[3] He also wrote under the pseudonym "Mr.
Smith".
[4] Lockwood's nephew, Ingersoll Lockwood, was a lawyer and writer.