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

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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 root...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Magliocca, Gerard N.
Otros Autores: Bingham, John Armor, 1815-1900
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : New York University Press, [2013]
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bingham, John Armor, > 1815-1900.
United States. > Constitution. > 14th Amendment > Legislative history.
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.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Appendix : The Reconstruction Amendments.

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