Bingham, Robert Worth, 1871-1937

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Dates:
Birth 1871-11-08
Death 1937-12-18
Americans,
English,

Biographical notes:

Lawyer, politician, mayor of Louisville (Ky.), owner of the Courier-Journal, Ambassador to the Court of St. James, 1933-1937.

From the description of Added papers, 1894-1944 1895-1913. (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726230

Lawyer, mayor of Louisville, judge, newspaper publisher, and ambassador.

From the description of Robert Worth Bingham : papers, 1876-1982 (bulk 1899-1910). (Filson Historical Society, The). WorldCat record id: 46726232

Diplomat, lawyer, and newspaper publisher.

From the description of Robert Worth Bingham papers, 1856-1939 (bulk 1933-1937). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 456982320

Biographical Note

1871, Nov. 8 Born, Orange County, N.C. 1890 B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N.C. 1896 Married Eleanor E. Miller (died 1913) 1897 LL.B., University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky. 1899 1909 Member, law firm of Bingham and Davies 1900 President, Kentucky Children's Home Society 1903 1907 County attorney, Jefferson County, Ky. 1907 Mayor, Louisville, Ky. 1911 Chancellor, Jefferson County, Ky., circuit court 1916 Married Mary Lily Kenan Flagler (died 1917) 1918 Acquired Louisville Courier-Journal and Louisville Times 1921 1922 Active in the formation of tobacco cooperative marketing associations in Kentucky 1924 Married Aleen Muldoon Hilliard 1926 Named to Business Men's Commission on Agriculture 1933 Appointed permanent American delegate, International Wheat Advisory Commission Appointed ambassador to Great Britain 1937, Dec. 18 Died, Baltimore, Md.

From the guide to the Robert Worth Bingham Papers, 1856-1939, (bulk 1933-1937), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Coal trade
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  • World War, 1914-1918
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  • Diplomats
  • Lawyers
  • Publisher

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  • Ethiopia (as recorded)
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  • Great Britain (as recorded)
  • Ethiopia (as recorded)
  • London (England) (as recorded)

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