Back جون بينغهام (سياسي) Arabic جون بينجهام ARZ جان بینقام AZB John Bingham German جان بینگهام Persian John Bingham (homme politique) French ジョン・アーマー・ビンガム Japanese John Bingham Vietnamese
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 | January 21, 1815 Mercer, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | March 19, 1900 (aged 85) Cadiz, Ohio, U.S. |
| 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]
- ^ Bingham, John Armor; Miscellaneous Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress) DLC [from old catalog] (1866). "One country, one Constitution, and one people. Speech of Hon. John A. Bingham, of Ohio, in the House of representatives, February 28, 1866, in support of the proposed amendment to enforce the bill of rights". [Washington, Printed at the Congressional globe office – via Internet Archive.