Binger Hermann

Binger Hermann
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's 1st district
In office June 1, 1903 – March 3, 1907 March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897
Preceded by	Position created Thomas H. Tongue
Succeeded by	Thomas H. Tongue Willis C. Hawley
29th Commissioner of the General Land Office
In office March 25, 1897 – January 26, 1903
President	William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt
Preceded by	Silas W. Lamoreux
Succeeded by	William A. Richards
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Oregon's At-large district
In office March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1893
Preceded by	Melvin Clark George
Succeeded by	Position replaced
Member of the Oregon Senate
In office 1868–1870
Member of the Oregon House of Representatives
In office 1866–1868
Personal details
Born	(1843-02-19)February 19, 1843 Lonaconing, Maryland
Died	April 15, 1926(1926-04-15) (aged 83) Roseburg, Oregon
Political party	Republican
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Binger Hermann (February 19, 1843 – April 15, 1926) was an American attorney and politician in Oregon. A native of Maryland, he immigrated to the Oregon Territory with his parents as part of the Baltimore Colony. Hermann served in both houses of the Oregon Legislative Assembly and as a Republican in the United States Congress.

Hermann served as the Commissioner of the General Land Office for a period of about five years. His written directives known as the Binger Hermann Policy, caused mineral claimants of several lode mining claims (Ex: Lucky Strike Gold Mining Co.) to suffer from what is referred to as "cadastral mayhem" Many locators looking for a cure had to wait until August 8, 1904, when Paragraph 147 of the Mining Circular was revised under the authority of the Act of April 28, 1904.^[1]

In 1904, Herman was also caught up in the Oregon land fraud scandal and brought to trial for alleged land fraud. The jury failed to agree and Hermann was never retried. Hermann was posthumously exonerated by the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt.