Flavel White Bingham (November 8, 1803 – May 13, 1867) was the 11th
Mayor of
Cleveland in 1849.
Bingham was born in
Utica, New York, to Flavel Bingham and Fanny White.
His parents died when he was an infant, and he was sent to live with his maternal grandfather, Daniel White, in
Connecticut.
He graduated from
Union College in 1829, studied law, moved to
Cleveland in 1837, and began Collins & Bingham, a
law practice
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.
He was elected to the position of
city council president in 1845. He was elected
alderman in 1847 and 1848 while still serving as city council president. He was elected mayor in 1849,
served one year, and then returned to practicing law. Bingham was
Cleveland's first
probate judge,
being elected in 1852 and serving until 1855. In 1863, Bingham left
Cleveland for
New Orleans, where he died in 1867.
Bingham married Emmeline Day, of
Catskill, New York
Catskill is a town in the southeastern section of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 11,298 at the 2020 census, the largest town in the county. The western part of the town is in the Catskill Park. The town contains a v ...
, on May 27, 1835.
They had three children: Frances, Charles, and Edward.
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Mayors of Cleveland
1803 births
1867 deaths
Ohio lawyers
19th-century American politicians
19th-century American lawyers
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