| Hiram Bingham AKA Hiram Bingham III Born: 19-Nov-1875
Birthplace: Honolulu, HI
Died: 6-Jun-1956
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Politician, Explorer
Party Affiliation: Republican Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Senator, discovered Machu Picchu Military service: National Guard (1916) Father: Hiram Bingham II (b. 1831, d. 1908)
Wife: Alfreda Tiffany Mitchell (granddau. of Charles Lewis Tiffany, b. 29-Dec-1874, m. 20-Nov-1900, d. 18-Aug-1967, div., 7 sons)
Wife: Suzanne Carroll Hill (m. Jun-1937)
Son: Jonathan Brewster Bingham
Son: Hiram Bingham IV (diplomat)
Son: Alfred Mitchell Bingham (d. 2-Nov-1998)
High School: Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, MA (1894)
University: BA, Yale University (1898)
University: University of California at Berkeley (1900)
University: PhD, Harvard University (1905)
Professor: Harvard University
Professor: Princeton University
US Official Chairman, Civil Service Commission Loyalty Review Board (1951-53)
US Senator, Connecticut (17-Dec-1924 to 3-Mar-1933)
Governor of Connecticut (1924, served one day)
Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut (1922-24)
Alfalfa Club 1946
Explorers Club
National Geographic Society
Royal Geographical Society
Censured 1929
Asteroid Namesake 8291 Bingham
Author of books:
Journal of an Expedition Across Venezuela and Colombia (1909)
Across South America (1911)
Lost City of the Incas (1948, nonfiction)
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