Harvey DeForest Hinman (17 September 1864 – 11 July 1954) was an American attorney and

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politician who represented

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in the

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from 1905 to 1912. He was an ally of Governor Charles Evans Hughes and President

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. He ran for Governor himself in 1914 with Roosevelt's support but lost the Republican primary to

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. After his political career ended, he was influential in the founding of

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Biography

He was born in

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on 17 September 1864. In 1893, Hinman, who had come to Binghamton in 1889, went to work as a clerk for a lawyer named George F. Lyon. Later that same year, Lyon took on another law clerk, Archibald Howard, just out of Lafayette College. In 1894, Thomas B. Kattell went with Lyon as a law clerk. On 27 November 1901 he married Phebe Anna Brown. In 1901-1902, the three joined together to form Hinman, Howard & Kattell, an upstate New York law firm that continues under the same name today. Hinman was a member of the

from 1905 to 1912, sitting in the 128th, 129th (both 38th D.), 130th, 131st, 132nd, 133rd, 134th and

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s (all six 39th D.). During his service as a New York State Senator, he became a key strategist and confidant of Governor Charles Evans Hughes. In 1914, it was former New York Governor

who encouraged him to run for Governor. Although he was defeated in

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in the Republican primary for

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, his political connections and influence in New York State only deepened over the years. Returning to the practice of law full-time, but continuing his call to public service, Senator Hinman was also influential in the establishment in 1949 of Harpur College, which would eventually become

, and B.U.’s Hinman College pays respect to his leadership in this regard. He died on 11 July 1954 in Binghamton, New York.

References

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