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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—OregonBinger HERMANN
(1843-1926)
HERMANN, Binger, a
Representative from Oregon; born in Lonaconing, Allegany County,
Md., February 19, 1843; attended rural schools and was graduated
from the Independent Academy, Manchester, Md., later known as
Irving College; moved to Oregon in 1859, where he taught school;
studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1866 and commenced practice
in Oakland, Oreg.; member of the State house of representatives
1866-1868; served in the State senate 1868-1870; deputy collector
of internal revenue for southern Oregon 1868-1871; receiver of
public moneys at the United States land office in Roseburg, Oreg.,
1871-1873; colonel Oregon State Militia 1882-1884; appointed by
President McKinley Commissioner of the General Land Office and
served from March 27, 1897, until February 1, 1903, when he
resigned; elected as a Republican to the Forty-ninth and to the
five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1897); chairman,
Committee on Irrigation of Arid Lands (Fifty-fourth Congress); was
not a candidate for renomination in 1896; again elected to the
Fifty-eighth Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Thomas H. Tongue; reelected to the Fifty-ninth Congress and served
from June 1, 1903, to March 3, 1907; was not a candidate for
renomination in 1906; resumed the practice of law and engaged in
literary pursuits in Roseburg, Oreg., where he died April 15, 1926;
interment in the Masonic Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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