American founding son [electronic resource] : John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment / Gerard N. Magliocca.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 2013Description: x, 295 p. : ill., portsSubject(s): Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900 | United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment -- Legislative history | African Americans -- Civil rights -- Legislative history | Civil rights -- United States | Equality before the law -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 328.73092 | B LOC classification: KF4558 14th | .M34 2013Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes 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.
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