George G. Bingham

George Greenwood Bingham (November 25, 1855 – October 4, 1924) was an American judge and legal educator in the state of Oregon.

A native of Wisconsin, he migrated to Oregon with his family in his teens, though he returned to the Midwest for his legal education.

[2] In 1880, he returned to Oregon and passed the bar, setting up legal practice in Lafayette back in Yamhill County with James McCain.

[9] However, President Theodore Roosevelt had made it clear to the delegation that he would not appoint anyone with any connections to the defendants in the Oregon land fraud scandal or ties to corporations.

[10] Bingham had been the attorney for the Southern Pacific railroad in Salem, and thus was dropped for consideration the next month, with Thomas J. Cleeton appointed to the position.

[10] A Republican, he was elected to serve as a judge on the Circuit Court for Marion and Linn counties on November 7, 1916, and began service in 1917.

[2][5] While on the court in 1921, he ruled with judge Percy R. Kelly that Oregon’s compulsory sterilization law was unconstitutional.

[2] In 1895, Bingham purchased Deepwood Estate on Mission Street, now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.