George Hutchins Bingham (August 19, 1864 – September 25, 1949) was a

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of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Education and career

Born on August 19, 1864, in Littleton,

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, Bingham received an Artium Baccalaureus degree in 1887 from

Dartmouth College Dartmouth College (; ) is a private research university in Hanover, New Hampshire. Established in 1769 by Eleazar Wheelock, it is one of the nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. Although founded to educate Native ...

and a

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in 1891 from Harvard Law School. He entered private practice in Littleton and

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, New Hampshire from 1891 to 1902. He was a Justice of the Supreme Court of New Hampshire from 1902 to 1913.

Federal judicial service

Bingham was nominated by President

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on May 15, 1913, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge

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. He was confirmed by the

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on June 5, 1913, and received his commission the same day. He was a member of the

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(now the Judicial Conference of the United States) from 1922 to 1938. In 1933, he also served as president of the New Hampshire Bar Association. He assumed senior status on March 23, 1939. His service terminated on September 25, 1949, due to his death in Manchester.Judge George Bingham Dies At Manchester
, ''Concord Monitor'' (September 26, 1949), p. 2.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bingham, George 1864 births 1949 deaths Dartmouth College alumni Harvard Law School alumni Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit United States court of appeals judges appointed by Woodrow Wilson 20th-century American judges People from Littleton, New Hampshire