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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté. Image fixe : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Magliocca, Gerard N. (1973-....)
Titre(s) : American founding son [Texte imprimé] : John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment / Gerard N. Magliocca
Publication : New York : New York University Press, 2013
Description matérielle : x, 295 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Comprend : 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.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-284) and index
Overview: John Bingham was the architect of the rebirth of the United States following
the Civil War. A leading antislavery lawyer and congressman from Ohio, Bingham wrote
the most important part of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which guarantees
fundamental rights and equality to all Americans. He was also at the center of two
of the greatest trials in history, giving the closing argument in the military prosecution
of John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators for the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and
in the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. And more than any other man, Bingham
played the key role in shaping the Union's policy towards the occupied ex-Confederate
States, with consequences that still haunt our politics. American Founding Son provides
the most complete portrait yet of this remarkable statesman. Drawing on his personal
letters and speeches, the book traces Bingham's life from his humble roots in Pennsylvania
through his career as a leader of the Republican Party. Gerard N. Magliocca argues
that Bingham and his congressional colleagues transformed the Constitution that the
Founding Fathers created, and did so with the same ingenuity that their forbears used
to create a more perfect union in the 1780s. In this book, Magliocca restores Bingham
to his rightful place as one of our great leaders
Sujet(s) : Bingham, John Armor (1815-1900)
États-Unis. Constitution. 14th Amendment
Noirs américains -- Droits -- 19e siècle
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780814761458 (cl) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0814761453 (cl) (alk. paper)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43845585w
Notice n° :
FRBNF43845585
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