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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—New YorkJonathan Brewster BINGHAM
(1914-1986)
BINGHAM, Jonathan
Brewster, (son of Hiram Bingham), a Representative from New
York; born in New Haven, Conn., April 24, 1914; attended Groton
School; graduated from Yale University, New Haven, Conn., 1936;
graduated fromYale Law School, New Haven, Conn., 1939; lawyer,
private practice; commenced practice in New York City; admitted to
the New York bar in 1940; private in the United States Army in
April 1943, and was discharged as a captain in October 1945, with
War Department Staff Citation; special assistant to Assistant
Secretary of State in 1945 and 1946; deputy administrator,
Technical Cooperation Administration, 1951-1953; secretary to
Governor Averell Harriman, 1955-1958; United States representative
on United Nations Trusteeship Council with rank of Minister in 1961
and 1962 and serving as president in 1962; United States
representative on United Nations Economic and Social Council with
rank of Ambassador in 1963 and 1964; United States delegate to four
United Nations General Assemblies; elected as a Democrat to the
Eighty-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3,
1965-January 3, 1983); was not a candidate for reelection in 1982;
was a resident of the Bronx, N.Y., until his death in New York
City, on July 3, 1986.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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