John Armor Bingham papers
Language: eng
Number of pages: 12
Subjects: Politics and government; United States; American Diplomatic and consular service; Assassination; Mexican War, 1846-1848; Slavery; Impeachment; Impeachments; Trials (Impeachment); Foreign relations
Description: Correspondence, speeches, writings, biographical sketch, certificates, and printed material pertaining chiefly to Bingham's service as a Republican U. S. representative from Ohio (1855-1863, 1865-1873) and as U. S. minister to Japan (1873-1885).  Subjects include Abraham Lincoln, the impeachment of Andrew Johnson, assassination of James A. Garfield, the Kansas-Nebraska Act, and the war with Mexico.
Notes: Open to research.

Purchase, 2005.

Lawyer, jurist, diplomat, U.S. House representative, and co-author of the 14th amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

Collection material in English.