John Armor Bingham (January 21 1815 – March 19 1900) was an American Republican congressman from the U.S. state of Ohio judge advocate in the trial of the Abraham Lincoln assassination and a prosecutor in the impeachment trials of Andrew Johnson. He is also the principal framer of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
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active years end date
1863-03-04, 1873-03-04, 1885-07-02
active years start date
1855-03-04, 1865-03-04, 1873-10-07
birth date
1815-01-21
birth place
Pennsylvania, Mercer Pennsylvania
country
Japan
death date
1900-03-19
death place
Ohio, Cadiz Ohio
order in office
7th
president
Ulysses S. Grant
profession
Lawyer, Judge, Politician
region
Ohio, Ohio's 21st congressional district, Ohio's 16th congressional district
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