American founding son: John Bingham and the invention of the Fourteenth Amendment

Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction: Measuring a Man 1 1. Group Think 5 2. Franklin College 11 3. Lawyer and Whig 20 4. Republican Congressman 39 5. And the War Came 66 6. The Trial of the Century 89 7. The Fourteenth Amendment 108 8. Reconstruction and Impeachment 128 9. Farewell to Washington 154 10. Ambassador 167 11. Obscurity 178 Conclusion: Legacy 185 Appendix: The Reconstruction Amendments 189 Notes 191 Bibliography 277 Index 285 About the Author 294