William Bingham (Pittsburgh)

This article is about the Pittsburgh mayor. For the Philadelphia statesman, see William Bingham.

William Bingham
Portrait of William Bingham, c. 1856–1857

21st Mayor of Pittsburgh
In office 1856–1857
Preceded by	Ferdinand E. Volz
Succeeded by	Henry A. Weaver
Personal details
Born	1808
Died	September 15, 1873 (aged 64/65)
Resting place	Allegheny Cemetery

Pittsburgh in 1857

William Bingham (1808 – September 15, 1873), served as Mayor of Pittsburgh from 1856 to 1857.

William Bingham was born in 1808 and for most of his life was involved in the transportation business. The Bingham Brothers Company was a prosperous firm in the freight delivery industry. The Republican Party was formed in Pittsburgh during Bingham's administration.

Bingham died in 1873.

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Preceded by Ferdinand E. Volz	Mayor of Pittsburgh 1856–1857	Succeeded by Henry A. Weaver

Mayors of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since the 1816 City Charter

Denny Darragh Snowden Murray M. Lowrie Murray Pettigrew McClintock Little Irwin Thomson Hay Howard Kerr Adams J. Herron Barker J. Guthrie Riddle Volz Bingham Weaver Wilson Sawyer J. Lowry McCarthy Blackmore Brush Blackmore McCarthy Liddell Lyon Fulton McCallin Gourley McKenna Ford Diehl A. Brown J. Brown Hays G. Guthrie Magee Armstrong Babcock Magee Kline J. S. Herron McNair Scully Lawrence Gallagher Barr Flaherty Caliguiri Masloff Murphy O'Connor Ravenstahl Peduto

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William Bingham (Pittsburgh)

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