John Armor Bingham | |
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7th United States Ambassador to Japan | |
In office October 7, 1873 – July 2, 1885 | |
President | Ulysses Grant Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur Grover Cleveland |
Preceded by | Charles E. DeLong |
Succeeded by | Richard B. Hubbard |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Ohio | |
In office March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1873 | |
Preceded by | Joseph Worthington White |
Succeeded by | Lorenzo Danford |
Constituency | 16th district |
In office March 4, 1855 – March 3, 1863 | |
Preceded by | Andrew Stuart |
Succeeded by | District abolished until 1883 |
Constituency | 21st district |
Personal details | |
Born | Mercer, Pennsylvania, U.S. | January 21, 1815
Died | March 19, 1900 Cadiz, Ohio, U.S. | (aged 85)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Amanda Bingham |
Profession | Politician, lawyer, judge |
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John Armor Bingham (January 21, 1815 – March 19, 1900) was an American politician who served as a Republican representative from Ohio and as the United States ambassador to Japan. In his time as a congressman, Bingham served as both assistant Judge Advocate General in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination and a House manager (prosecutor) in the impeachment trial of U.S. President Andrew Johnson. He was also the principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.[1]