Robert Worth Bingham
Robert Worth Bingham (* 8. November 1871 in Orange County , North Carolina ; † 18th December 1937 in Baltimore , Maryland ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party , the 1907 mayor of Louisville , and between 1933 and 1937 Ambassador in the UK was.
Life
Bingham, son of Colonel Robert Bingham and his wife Delphine Louise Worth, began after school to study law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Virginia , which he graduated from the University of Louisville in 1897 . He then took up a practice as a lawyer in Louisville and was also the publisher of The Louisville Courier-Journal . In July 1907 he was the candidate of the Democratic Party to succeed his party friend Paul C. Barth Mayor of Louisville, but lost this office in December 1907 to James F. Grinstead of the Republican Party . Then he worked again as a lawyer and publisher.
On May 23, 1933, Bingham succeeded Andrew W. Mellon as Ambassador to the United Kingdom . He remained in this post until November 19, 1937 and died a month later. His successor as ambassador was then Joseph P. Kennedy on January 17, 1938 . After his death he was buried in Cave Hill Cemetery , Louisville.
Bingham was married to Eleanor E. Miller for the first time on May 20, 1896, and married Mary Lily Kenan Flagler after her suicide . This marriage resulted in his son George Barry Bingham, Sr., who took over his father's activities as a publisher.
Publications
- On Woodrow Wilson. An address in Louisville , Louisville 1922
- The cradle of the queen city. A history of Buffalo to the incorporation of the city , Buffalo Historical Society, Buffalo 1931
Background literature
- Susan E. Tifft / Alex S. Jones: The Patriarch: The Rise and Fall of the Bingham Dynasty , Summit Books, 1991
- William E. Ellis: Robert Worth Bingham and the Southern Mystique: From the Old South to the New South and Beyond , Kent State University Press, 1997
Web links
- Entry on the homepage of the Office of the Historian of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Robert Worth Bingham in nndb (English)
- Bibliography in the Open Library
- Newspaper article about Robert Worth Bingham in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Andrew W. Mellon |
Ambassador to the United Kingdom 1933–1937 |
Joseph P. Kennedy |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bingham, Robert Worth |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diplomat and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orange County , North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 18, 1937 |
| Place of death | Baltimore , Maryland |