Flavel W. Bingham

Flavel W. Bingham
11th Mayor of Cleveland
In office
1848–1848
Preceded byLorenzo A. Kelsey
Succeeded byWilliam Case
Personal details
Born
Flavel White Bingham

(1803-11-08)November 8, 1803
Utica, New York, U.S.
DiedMay 13, 1867(1867-05-13) (aged 63)[1][2]
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
Political partyWhig
SpouseEmmeline Day
Children3
Alma materUnion College

Flavel White Bingham (November 8, 1803 – May 13, 1867) was the 11th Mayor of Cleveland in 1849.

Bingham was born in Utica, New York, to Flavel Bingham and Fanny White.[3][4] His parents died when he was an infant, and he was sent to live with his maternal grandfather, Daniel White, in Connecticut.[3] He graduated from Union College in 1829, studied law, moved to Cleveland in 1837, and began Collins & Bingham, a law practice.[3] He was elected to the position of city council president in 1845. He was elected alderman in 1847 and 1848 while still serving as city council president. He was elected mayor in 1849,[3] served one year, and then returned to practicing law. Bingham was Cleveland's first probate judge,[3] being elected in 1852 and serving until 1855. In 1863, Bingham left Cleveland for New Orleans, where he died in 1867.

Bingham married Emmeline Day, of Catskill, New York, on May 27, 1835.[3] They had three children: Frances, Charles, and Edward.

  1. ^ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Bingham". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  2. ^ "BINGHAM, FLAVEL W." Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. Case Western Reserve University. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b c d e f Kellogg, Allyn S (1860). Memorials of Elder John White, One of the First Settlers of Hartford, Conn., and of His Descendants. Hartford: Case, Lockwood and Company. p. 106.
  4. ^ Bingham, Theodore A. (1898). Genealogy of the Bingham Family in the United States, Especially of the State of Connecticut. Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company. p. 117.