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Bingham family of Connecticut

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• Hiram Bingham (1875-1956) — of New Haven, New Haven County, Conn.; Salem, New London County, Conn. Born in Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Honolulu County, Hawaii, November 19, 1875. Son of Rev. Hiram Bingham and Minerva Clarissa (Brewster) Bingham; married, November 20, 1900, to Alfreda Mitchell; married, June 28, 1937, to Suzanne Carroll Hill; father of Hiram Bingham, Jr. and Jonathan Brewster Bingham. Republican. Explorer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 1916 (alternate), 1920 (alternate), 1924, 1928, 1932, 1936; Presidential Elector for Connecticut, 1916; colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1923-25; U.S. Senator from Connecticut, 1924-33; defeated, 1932; Governor of Connecticut, 1925; censured by the U.S. Senate on November 4, 1929, for employing a paid lobbyist as his chief clerk. Member, Freemasons. Died in Washington, D.C., June 6, 1956. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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• Hiram Bingham, Jr. (1903-1988) — also known as Harry Bingham — of Salem, New London County, Conn. Born July 17, 1903. Son of Hiram Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham; married to Rose Lawton Morrison; brother of Jonathan Brewster Bingham. U.S. Vice Consul in Marseille, 1939-41; Buenos Aires, 1941-43; helped about 2,500 Jews escape the Nazis in 1940-41. A U.S. postage stamp was issued in his honor in 2006. Died in Salem, New London County, Conn., January 12, 1988. Burial location unknown.
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• Jonathan Brewster Bingham (1914-1986) — also known as Jonathan B. Bingham; Jack Bingham — of Bronx, Bronx County, N.Y. Born in New Haven, New Haven County, Conn., April 24, 1914. Son of Hiram Bingham and Alfreda (Mitchell) Bingham; brother of Hiram Bingham, Jr.; married 1939 to June Rossbach. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War II; secretary to New York Governor W. Averell Harriman, 1955-59; candidate for New York state senate, 1958; U.S. Representative from New York, 1965-83 (23rd District 1965-73, 22nd District 1973-83). Member, Americans for Democratic Action; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from complications of pneumonia, in Presbyterian Hospital, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., July 3, 1986. Interment at Bingham Family Cemetery, Salem, Conn.
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