22 Facts About Binger Hermann

Binger Hermann was an American attorney and politician in Oregon.

Binger Hermann served as the Commissioner of the General Land Office for a period of about five years.

The jury failed to agree and Binger Hermann was never retried.

Binger Hermann was born the eldest of eleven children in Lonaconing, Maryland, in 1843 to immigrant parents: Henry Binger Hermann, a German-born physician, and Elizabeth Hopkins, an English immigrant.

Binger Hermann graduated from the Independent Academy in Manchester, Maryland.

The younger Binger Hermann wrote in his diary that he was fascinated by the politics and politicians his father brought him in contact with during that trip.

Shortly after arriving, Binger Hermann nearly drowned trying to save a drowning child, before being saved himself by his father.

Binger Hermann studied law and was admitted to the Oregon State Bar in 1866.

Binger Hermann served one term in the Oregon House, and then served one term in the Oregon State Senate from 1868 to 1870.

Binger Hermann served as deputy collector of internal revenue for southern Oregon from 1868 to 1871 and receiver of public moneys at the United States land office in Roseburg from 1871 to 1873 and was a colonel in the Oregon State Militia from 1882 to 1884.

Binger Hermann was instrumental in area river and harbor appropriations and for the establishment of lighthouses along the Oregon Coast and was the author of the Indian Depredation law, which provided payment for property damage committed by hostile Indians during the Indian Wars.

In 1884, Binger Hermann was elected to the United States House of Representatives for Oregon's at-large congressional district.

In 1893, after Oregon was granted another congressional district based on the 1890 census, Binger Hermann continued to serve in Congress, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district.

When Hermann's successor in Congress, Thomas H Tongue, died in 1903, Hermann resigned his post and returned to run for Tongue's seat.

Binger Hermann won the special election to complete Tongue's term, and was reelected to another term in 1904, defeating Democratic challenger Robert M Veatch.

The Binger Hermann policy continued beyond 1904, as it is known to have reached other mining districts outside of Colorado.

Mr Anderson's statements are a stark reminder that the Binger Hermann policy is Cadastral vandalism of the official field notes, approved plat and patent.

Binger Hermann was found not guilty of destroying public documents in 1907, but remained under indictment for collusion of a land deal in the Blue Mountain Forest Reserve in Oregon.

Binger Hermann returned to Roseburg, where he resumed his law practice and engaged in literary pursuits until his death.

Binger Hermann died April 15,1926, two months after a surgical operation, from which he never fully recovered.

Binger Hermann was 83 years old at the time of his death.

In June 1943 the Oregon Shipbuilding Company launched its 210th Liberty ship, the Binger Hermann, named after the former Oregon congressman.