Edward Franklin Bingham

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Edward Franklin Bingham (August 13, 1828 – September 5, 1907) was chief justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.

Edward Franklin Bingham
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia
In office April 22, 1887 – April 30, 1903
Appointed by	Grover Cleveland
Preceded by	David Kellogg Cartter
Succeeded by	Harry M. Clabaugh
Member of the Ohio House of Representatives
In office 1856-1857
Personal details
Born	Edward Franklin Bingham (1828-08-13)August 13, 1828 Concord, Vermont
Died	September 5, 1907(1907-09-05) (aged 79) Union, West Virginia
Political party	Democratic
Education	read law
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Education and career

Born in West Concord^[1] (now Concord), Vermont, Bingham read law in 1850. He was in private practice in McArthur, Ohio, from 1850 to 1861, and in Columbus, Ohio, from 1861 to 1867, also working as prosecuting attorney of Vinton County, Ohio, from 1850 to 1855 and serving in the Ohio House of Representatives from 1856 to 1857. He was city solicitor for Columbus, thereafter returning to private practice in Columbus until 1873. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for the Fifth Judicial District in Columbus from 1873 to 1888.^[2] Bingham was an unsuccessful Democratic nominee for judge of the Supreme Court of Ohio in 1881.^[3][4]

Federal judicial service

Bingham received a recess appointment from President Grover Cleveland on April 22, 1887, to the Chief Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Chief Justice David Kellogg Cartter. He was nominated to the same position by President Cleveland on December 20, 1887. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 23, 1888, and received his commission the same day. His service terminated on April 30, 1903, due to his retirement.^[2]

Later career and death

Following his retirement from the federal bench, Bingham resumed private practice in Columbus from 1903 to 1907. He died on September 5, 1907, in Union, West Virginia.^[2]

References

1. "Concord History". www.uvm.edu.
2. Edward Franklin Bingham at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
3. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Bingham, Edmund Franklin" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton. [sic]
4. Smith, Joseph P, ed. (1898). History of the Republican Party in Ohio. Vol. I. Chicago: the Lewis Publishing Company. p. 449.

Sources

• Edward Franklin Bingham at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Ohio House of Representatives
Preceded by William J. Evans	Representative from Jackson County 1856–1858	Succeeded by R. B. Stevenson
Legal offices
Preceded by David Kellogg Cartter	Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia 1887–1903	Succeeded by Harry M. Clabaugh