George G. Bingham  George Greenwood Bingham (November 25, 1855 – October 4, 1924) was an American judge and legal educator in the state of Oregon. A native of Wisconsin, his family immigrated to Oregon in his teens, though he returned to the Midwest for his legal education. Bingham served as the second dean at the Willamette University College of Law and was also a judge for Multnomah County after previously serving as a district attorney for Salem and the state. His former home in Salem, the Dr. Luke A. Port House, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. George Bingham was born in West Salem, Wisconsin, on November 25, 1855, to William Henry Bingham and Maria Bingham (née Kentner) as the first of four children. The family moved to neighboring Barre by 1860 and to Carrollton, Missouri, by 1870. In 1872, the family moved to Oregon and settled in Yamhill County. After receiving his education in the public schools of Yamhill County, he attended what became Linfield College in McMinnville. Bingham attended the University of Michigan Law School in Ann Arbor where he graduated with a bachelor of laws degree in 1880. In 1880, he returned to Oregon and passed the bar, setting up legal practice in Lafayette back in Yamhill County with James McCain. After a year he moved to the county’s seat, McMinnville, and practiced law there until 1885. In 1883, he formed a legal partnership with William Marion Ramsey, which lasted until 1887. He was elected as the county coroner in 1884. Bingham moved to Salem in 1885, following Ramsey. Ramsey was named the first Dean of Willamette University College of Law, which Bingham became the second in 1888, serving until 1891. Bingham then continued to teach at the school for thirty years. He was the chief of Salem’s fire department in 1889. In 1890, he formed a new partnership with P. H. D’Arcy, lasting until 1894. Bingham also worked as the city attorney for Salem. Also in 1890, he was elected to serve as the district attorney for Oregon’s Third Judicial District. He had previously been the district attorney for the city. In January 1908, he was considered the top candidate to be appointed as the United States Attorney for Oregon, as he was the favorite of three out of the four members of Oregon's Congressional delegation. However, President Theodore Roosevelt had made it clear to the delegation that he would not appoint anyone with any connections to the defendants in the Oregon land fraud scandal or ties to corporations.