George Azro Bingham (1826 - 1895)
Born at Concord (VT); died at Littleton (NH).
Lawyer, state legislator, Supreme Court Justice.
Bingham was the fourth son and fifth child in a farming family. He studied at Concord (VT) schools, and at St. Johnsbury (VT) Academy. At age twenty (1846) he began to study law, with Hon. Thomas Bartlett, Jr. of Lyndon (VT). He was admitted to the Caledonia County (VT) Bar in December 1848.
During winter 1848/9 Bingham headed west to Iowa, hoping to establish a legal practice there. The reality did not meet the hopes, however, and Bingham returned to Lyndon (VT). He went into legal practice with his mentor (July 1849).
The firm of Bartlett & Bingham was enlarged in 1851, when the senior partner, Bartlett, was elected to the United States House of Representatives. The firm was now named Bartlett, Bingham & Roberts, and Bingham as senior partner handled a number of prominent cases with success. Bartlett returned to the firm after his term in Washington as a result of redistricting in 1852, and soon afterwards Bingham left the firm. He moved to Littleton (NH), where he went into practice with one of his brothers as H. & G.A. Bingham.
The Bingham brothers soon allied themselves with two other brothers, Andrew S. and Edward Woods. The expanded firm made it possible to have law offices at both Littleton (NH), and at Bath (NH).
The copartnership expired by limitation in 1862. Bingham and his brother resumed the old firm name of H. & G.A. Bingham, and they stayed in business until 1870. During those years Bingham was elected to the State Senate, and served 1864/5.
Bingham carried on a legal practice until 1876, while also serving as a State Representative (1875/6). In 1876 he was appointed Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. At the time of his appointment Bingham had some four hundred cases in various stages of the state court systems. The appointment was costly financially, but Bingham regarded it as his duty to accept the appointment.
Bingham resigned his judicial appointment in 1880, when he was the Democrats' nominee to the United States Congress. He lost the election, returned to Littleton (NH), and went into partnership (with Edgar Aldrich). In 1882 a third partner joined the firm, now named Bingham, Aldrich & Remich, but in December 1884 Bingham was again appointed to the State Supreme Court. Again Bingham accepted the appointment. He died at sixty-nine years of age, having served his community and his state in a number of positions.
Born at Concord (VT); died at Littleton (NH).
Lawyer, state legislator, Supreme Court Justice.
Bingham was the fourth son and fifth child in a farming family. He studied at Concord (VT) schools, and at St. Johnsbury (VT) Academy. At age twenty (1846) he began to study law, with Hon. Thomas Bartlett, Jr. of Lyndon (VT). He was admitted to the Caledonia County (VT) Bar in December 1848.
During winter 1848/9 Bingham headed west to Iowa, hoping to establish a legal practice there. The reality did not meet the hopes, however, and Bingham returned to Lyndon (VT). He went into legal practice with his mentor (July 1849).
The firm of Bartlett & Bingham was enlarged in 1851, when the senior partner, Bartlett, was elected to the United States House of Representatives. The firm was now named Bartlett, Bingham & Roberts, and Bingham as senior partner handled a number of prominent cases with success. Bartlett returned to the firm after his term in Washington as a result of redistricting in 1852, and soon afterwards Bingham left the firm. He moved to Littleton (NH), where he went into practice with one of his brothers as H. & G.A. Bingham.
The Bingham brothers soon allied themselves with two other brothers, Andrew S. and Edward Woods. The expanded firm made it possible to have law offices at both Littleton (NH), and at Bath (NH).
The copartnership expired by limitation in 1862. Bingham and his brother resumed the old firm name of H. & G.A. Bingham, and they stayed in business until 1870. During those years Bingham was elected to the State Senate, and served 1864/5.
Bingham carried on a legal practice until 1876, while also serving as a State Representative (1875/6). In 1876 he was appointed Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. At the time of his appointment Bingham had some four hundred cases in various stages of the state court systems. The appointment was costly financially, but Bingham regarded it as his duty to accept the appointment.
Bingham resigned his judicial appointment in 1880, when he was the Democrats' nominee to the United States Congress. He lost the election, returned to Littleton (NH), and went into partnership (with Edgar Aldrich). In 1882 a third partner joined the firm, now named Bingham, Aldrich & Remich, but in December 1884 Bingham was again appointed to the State Supreme Court. Again Bingham accepted the appointment. He died at sixty-nine years of age, having served his community and his state in a number of positions.
George Azro Bingham (1826 - 1895)
Born at Concord (VT); died at Littleton (NH).
Lawyer, state legislator, Supreme Court Justice.
Bingham was the fourth son and fifth child in a farming family. He studied at Concord (VT) schools, and at St. Johnsbury (VT) Academy. At age twenty (1846) he began to study law, with Hon. Thomas Bartlett, Jr. of Lyndon (VT). He was admitted to the Caledonia County (VT) Bar in December 1848.
During winter 1848/9 Bingham headed west to Iowa, hoping to establish a legal practice there. The reality did not meet the hopes, however, and Bingham returned to Lyndon (VT). He went into legal practice with his mentor (July 1849).
The firm of Bartlett & Bingham was enlarged in 1851, when the senior partner, Bartlett, was elected to the United States House of Representatives. The firm was now named Bartlett, Bingham & Roberts, and Bingham as senior partner handled a number of prominent cases with success. Bartlett returned to the firm after his term in Washington as a result of redistricting in 1852, and soon afterwards Bingham left the firm. He moved to Littleton (NH), where he went into practice with one of his brothers as H. & G.A. Bingham.
The Bingham brothers soon allied themselves with two other brothers, Andrew S. and Edward Woods. The expanded firm made it possible to have law offices at both Littleton (NH), and at Bath (NH).
The copartnership expired by limitation in 1862. Bingham and his brother resumed the old firm name of H. & G.A. Bingham, and they stayed in business until 1870. During those years Bingham was elected to the State Senate, and served 1864/5.
Bingham carried on a legal practice until 1876, while also serving as a State Representative (1875/6). In 1876 he was appointed Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. At the time of his appointment Bingham had some four hundred cases in various stages of the state court systems. The appointment was costly financially, but Bingham regarded it as his duty to accept the appointment.
Bingham resigned his judicial appointment in 1880, when he was the Democrats' nominee to the United States Congress. He lost the election, returned to Littleton (NH), and went into partnership (with Edgar Aldrich). In 1882 a third partner joined the firm, now named Bingham, Aldrich & Remich, but in December 1884 Bingham was again appointed to the State Supreme Court. Again Bingham accepted the appointment. He died at sixty-nine years of age, having served his community and his state in a number of positions.
Born at Concord (VT); died at Littleton (NH).
Lawyer, state legislator, Supreme Court Justice.
Bingham was the fourth son and fifth child in a farming family. He studied at Concord (VT) schools, and at St. Johnsbury (VT) Academy. At age twenty (1846) he began to study law, with Hon. Thomas Bartlett, Jr. of Lyndon (VT). He was admitted to the Caledonia County (VT) Bar in December 1848.
During winter 1848/9 Bingham headed west to Iowa, hoping to establish a legal practice there. The reality did not meet the hopes, however, and Bingham returned to Lyndon (VT). He went into legal practice with his mentor (July 1849).
The firm of Bartlett & Bingham was enlarged in 1851, when the senior partner, Bartlett, was elected to the United States House of Representatives. The firm was now named Bartlett, Bingham & Roberts, and Bingham as senior partner handled a number of prominent cases with success. Bartlett returned to the firm after his term in Washington as a result of redistricting in 1852, and soon afterwards Bingham left the firm. He moved to Littleton (NH), where he went into practice with one of his brothers as H. & G.A. Bingham.
The Bingham brothers soon allied themselves with two other brothers, Andrew S. and Edward Woods. The expanded firm made it possible to have law offices at both Littleton (NH), and at Bath (NH).
The copartnership expired by limitation in 1862. Bingham and his brother resumed the old firm name of H. & G.A. Bingham, and they stayed in business until 1870. During those years Bingham was elected to the State Senate, and served 1864/5.
Bingham carried on a legal practice until 1876, while also serving as a State Representative (1875/6). In 1876 he was appointed Associate Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. At the time of his appointment Bingham had some four hundred cases in various stages of the state court systems. The appointment was costly financially, but Bingham regarded it as his duty to accept the appointment.
Bingham resigned his judicial appointment in 1880, when he was the Democrats' nominee to the United States Congress. He lost the election, returned to Littleton (NH), and went into partnership (with Edgar Aldrich). In 1882 a third partner joined the firm, now named Bingham, Aldrich & Remich, but in December 1884 Bingham was again appointed to the State Supreme Court. Again Bingham accepted the appointment. He died at sixty-nine years of age, having served his community and his state in a number of positions.
Bio by: Bob Barton
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