George Hutchins Bingham

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George Hutchins Bingham (August 19, 1864 - September 25, 1949) was a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit from 1913 until his death. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1887 and Harvard Law School in 1891. He began his legal practice with his father, George Azro Bingham (later a judge of the New Hampshire Supreme Court) in Littleton, New Hampshire. George H. Bingham was also the grandson of Andrew S. Woods, a Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court.

After the elder George A. Bingham died in 1895; his son continued the law practice at Littleton. Soon he moved to Manchester, where he went into law practice with David A. Taggart. The two men were law partners from 1889 to 1901; Bingham became Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court, holding that position from 1902 to 1913. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson named Bingham as a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Bingham served as an active judge of the First Circuit from 1913 to 1939. He assumed senior status in 1939 but remained a member of the court until his death ten years later.

This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of Federal Judges compiled by the Federal Judicial Center.