American founding son John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment /

Magliocca, Gerard N.

American founding son John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment / [electronic resource] : Gerard N. Magliocca. - New York : New York University Press, 2013. - x, 295 p. : ill., ports.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : measuring a man -- Group think -- Franklin College -- Lawyer and whig -- Republican congressman -- And the war came -- The trial of the century -- The Fourteenth Amendment -- Reconstruction and impeachment -- Farewell to Washington -- Ambassador -- Obscurity -- Conclusion : legacy.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900.


United States. 14th Amendment Constitution. --Legislative history.


African Americans--Civil rights--Legislative history.
Civil rights--United States.
Equality before the law--United States.


Electronic books.

KF4558 14th / .M34 2013

328.73092 B