American founding son : John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment / Gerard N. Magliocca.
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TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, 2013.Description: 1 online resourceContent type: - text
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- 9780814761465
- 0814761461
- United States. Constitution. 14th Amendment -- Legislative history
- Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900
- Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900
- Constitution (United States)
- African Americans -- Civil rights -- Legislative history
- Civil rights -- United States
- Equality before the law -- United States
- Noirs américains -- Droits -- Histoire législative
- Droits de l'homme -- États-Unis
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch
- HISTORY -- United States -- General
- Civil rights
- Equality before the law
- United States
- 328.73092 23
- KF4558 14th .M34 2013eb
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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.
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A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, John Bingham wrote the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. Drawing on his personal letters and speeches, this book traces his life from his roots in Pennsylvania through his career as a leader of the Republican party.
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