Hiram Bingham
American, 1875 - 1956
BiographyBiographical information from "Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress."
"Hiram Bingham, the father of Jonathan Brewster Bingham, was a Senator from Connecticut, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 19, 1875. He attended Yale University from 1894-1898. He was a South American explorer credited with the discovery of the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu. He was a captain in the Connecticut National Guard in 1916. He served as lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1922-1924; elected Governor of Connecticut on November 4, 1924, but served only briefly; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on December 16, 1924, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank B. Brandegee in the term ending March 3, 1927; re-elected in 1926 and served from January 8, 1925, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1932. He died in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 1956, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia."
"Hiram Bingham, the father of Jonathan Brewster Bingham, was a Senator from Connecticut, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, November 19, 1875. He attended Yale University from 1894-1898. He was a South American explorer credited with the discovery of the Incan ruins at Machu Picchu. He was a captain in the Connecticut National Guard in 1916. He served as lieutenant governor of Connecticut from 1922-1924; elected Governor of Connecticut on November 4, 1924, but served only briefly; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate on December 16, 1924, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Frank B. Brandegee in the term ending March 3, 1927; re-elected in 1926 and served from January 8, 1925, to March 3, 1933; unsuccessful candidate for re-election in 1932. He died in Washington, D.C. on June 6, 1956, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia."
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