John Armour Bingham

U. S. House of Representatives, Ohio, 1855-1863
U. S. Judge Advocate General, 1864
U. S. House of Representatives, Ohio, 1865-1873
U. S. Minister to Japan, 1873-1885

Born: January 21, 1815, Mercer, Mercer County, Pennsylvania.

• Pursued academic studies.
  
• Apprentice in a printing office for two years.
  
• Attended Franklin College, Ohio.
  
• Studied law, was admitted to the bar, 1840, and commenced practice in New
• Philadelphia, Tuscarawas County, Ohio.
  
• District Attorney for Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1846-1849.
  
• Elected from Ohio as a Republican to the Thirty-fourth and to the three succeeding U. S. Congresses, March 4, 1855 - March 3, 1863.
  
• Unsuccessful candidate for re-election, 1862, to the Thirty-eighth U. S. Congress.
  
• Appointed by U. S. President Lincoln as Judge Advocate of the Union Army with the rank of Major, 1864.
  
• Later appointed Solicitor of the U. S. Court of Claims.
  
• Special Judge Advocate in the trial of the conspirators against the life of President Lincoln.
  
• Elected to the Thirty-ninth and to the three succeeding U. S. Congresses, March 4, 1865 - March 3, 1873.
  
• Unsuccessful candidate for renomination, 1872.
  
• One of the managers appointed by the U. S. House of Representatives, 1862, to conduct the impeachment proceedings against West H. Humphreys, U. S. Judge for the several districts of Tennessee
  
• One of the managers appointed by the U. S. House of Representatives, 1868, in the proceedings against Andrew Johnson, President of the United States.
  
• Appointed Minister to Japan, serving from May 31, 1873 - July 2, 1885.

Died: March 19, 1900, Cadiz, Harrison County, Ohio.
Buried: Cadiz Cemetery, Cadiz, Ohio.

(Source: U.S. Congress. House. Biographical Directory Of The American Congress 1774-1949, 85th Cong., 2nd sess., H. Doc. 607 (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950), pp. 759-2057.)