Perspective
May 31, 2013
Lawyer, congressman and architect of the 14th Amendment
In "American Founding Son," Gerard N. Magliocca gives one of the most complete portraits yet of John Bingham - a leading antislavery lawyer, congressman, and author of the most important part of the 14th Amendment.
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. In "American Founding Son," Gerard N. Magliocca gives one of the most complete portraits yet of the statesman. The following is an excerpt from Chapter 7: "The Fourteenth Amendment."
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