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JOHN ARMOR BINGHAM, 1888-Dated, Check Signed

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JOHN ARMOR BINGHAM, 1888-Dated, Check Signed
Lincoln Related

Lincoln Assassination Judge & Impeachment Trial Prosecutor of Andrew Johnson & Framer of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution

JOHN ARMOR BINGHAM (1815 - 1900). Republican Congressman from 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.

October 15th, 1888-Dated, Check Signed, “Jno. A Bingham” on a green wove period paper Harrison National Bank of Cadiz (Ohio), Partially-Printed Bank Check, punch cancels, Very Fine. Small oval red stamp of the bank showing paid, just above the signature, with one cancel hole at the signature affecting “i”. Endorsed on the blank reverse. It is in very nice condition, having one thin 2.5” long piece of clear tape at the central top edge. Edwin Stanton, appointed him to serve as Assistant Judge Advocate General along with General Henry Burnett, another Assistant Judge Advocate General, and Joseph Holt, the Judge Advocate General. A rare signature, of this historic American figure who was directly related to the Lincoln Assassination Trial, the Impeachment Trial of President Andrew Johnson and who was a major Framer of the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The first we have offered.

Edwin Stanton, appointed him to serve as Assistant Judge Advocate General along with General Henry Burnett, another Assistant Judge Advocate General, and Joseph Holt, the Judge Advocate General. The accused conspirators where George Atzerodt, David Herold, Lewis Powell (Paine), Samuel Arnold, Michael O'Laughlen, Edman Spangler, Samuel Mudd and Mary Surratt. The trial began on May 10, 1865. The three judges spent nearly two months in court, awaiting a verdict from the jury. Bingham and Holt attempted to obscure the fact that there were two plots. The first plot was to kidnap the president and hold him hostage in exchange for the Confederate prisoners held by the Union. The second was to assassinate the president, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward in a plot to throw the government into electoral chaos. It was important for the prosecution not to reveal the existence of a diary taken from the Booth's body.