Kinsley S. Bingham

Kinsley Scott Bingham (December 16, 1808 – October 5, 1861) was a

Bingham (whose first name is sometimes spelled Kingsley) was born to the farmer family of Calvin and Betsy (Scott) Bingham in Camillus, New York in Onondaga County. He attended the common schools and studied law in Syracuse. In 1833, while still in New York, Bingham married Margaret Warden, who had recently moved with her brother Robert Warden and family from Scotland.

Life and politics in Michigan

Bingham moved with his wife, in 1833 to Green Oak Township, Michigan where he was admitted to the bar and began a private practice. In 1834, his only child with Margaret, Kinsley W. Bingham (1838–1908), was born and his wife died four days later. He engaged in agricultural pursuits and held a number of local offices including justice of the peace, postmaster, and first judge of the probate court of Livingston County.

Bingham became a member of the

He died in Green Oak while in office at age 52 and was originally interred at a private family graveyard in Livingston County. He was reinterred at Old Village Cemetery of Brighton, Michigan.

There are three townships named for him in Michigan:

• Bingham Township, Clinton County, Michigan
• Bingham Township, Huron County, Michigan
• Bingham Township, Leelanau County, Michigan

Memorials

A painting of Bingham now hangs in the Michigan State Capitol.^{[3] [4]}

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1790–1899)

References

Further reading

• McDaid, William. "Kinsley S. Bingham and the Republican Ideology of Slavery, 1847–1855." Michigan Historical Review 16 (Fall 1990): 43–73
• "The rise and fall of the Democratic party." Speech of Hon. Kinsley S. Bingham, of Michigan. Delivered in the United States Senate, May 24, 1860.
• Palmer, Ken (November 14, 2016). "150 years later, a governor comes home". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kingsley S. Bingham.

• United States Congress. "Kinsley S. Bingham (id: B000473)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Political Graveyard
• Memorial Library Archived 2007-03-13 at the Wayback Machine
• National Governors Association

Party political offices
First	Republican nominee for Governor of Michigan 1854, 1856	Succeeded by Moses Wisner
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by James B. Hunt	United States Representative for the 3rd Congressional District of Michigan 1847–1851	Succeeded by James L. Conger
Political offices
Preceded by Andrew Parsons	Governor of Michigan 1855–1859	Succeeded by Moses Wisner
U.S. Senate
Preceded by Charles E. Stuart	U.S. senator (Class 2) from Michigan 1859–1861 Served alongside: Zachariah Chandler	Succeeded by Jacob M. Howard