Flavel W. Bingham

Flavel White Bingham (Nov 8, 1803 – 1867) was the mayor of Cleveland in 1849.

Bingham was born in Utica, New York, to Flavel Bingham and Fanny White.[1][2] His parents died when he was an infant, and he was sent to live with his maternal grandfather, Daniel White, in Connecticut.[1] He graduated from Union College in 1829, studied law, moved to Cleveland in 1837, and began Collins & Bingham, a law practice.[1] 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,[1] served one year, and then returned to practicing law. Bingham was Cleveland's first probate judge,[1] 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.[1] They had 3 children: Frances, Charles, and Edward.

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  • The Encyclopedia Of Cleveland History by Cleveland Bicentennial Commission (Cleveland, Ohio), David D. Van Tassel (Editor), and John J. Grabowski (Editor) ISBN 0-253-33056-4
Political offices
Preceded by
Lorenzo A. Kelsey		 Mayor of Cleveland
1849		 Succeeded by
William Case



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