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Bingham, Harry

lawyer, legislator, author, was born March 30, 1821, in Concord, Vt. He graduated in 1843 from Dartmouth college; and since 1846 has been engaged in the practice of law.

During 1862-68, 1871-79, and also in 1881, 1889 and 1891 he was a member of the New Hampshire house of representatives for Littletown, and during 1883-87 was a member of the state senate. In 1876 he was a member of the constitutional convention: He was a delegate to the republican national conventions of 1868, 1872, 1880, 1884 and 1892, and in all these conventions he was a member of the committee on resolutions. He is the author of a number of works on legal, biographical and general topics, and various addresses and articles on important subjects.

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