Henry H. Bingham

Henry Harrison Bingham was an American politician and Union Army officer who served as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1841, he entered military service at Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, and served as an officer during the American Civil War, eventually rising to the rank of Major and Brevet Brigadier General.

During the Civil War, Bingham served with Company G of the 140th Pennsylvania Infantry. He fought in several key engagements of the war, most notably the Battle of the Wilderness in Virginia. During this fierce battle, he displayed conspicuous gallantry by rallying and leading a portion of the troops who had retreated under heavy enemy assault, actions that later earned him the United States military's highest decoration for valor.

Following his distinguished military career, Bingham entered politics and represented Pennsylvania's 1st congressional district from 1879 until his death in 1912. His lasting legacy is marked not only by his decades of legislative service but also by his wartime heroism, which is memorialized in the naming of Bingham County, Idaho, in his honor.