Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 April 1900 — A GIANT IN HIS DAY. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

A GIANT IN HIS DAY.

Ex-Minister John A.' Bingham, Who Passed Away Recently. John A. Bingham, who died recently at Steubenville, Ohio, at the age of 85, took no part in contemporary politics and

had passed out of public notice. But time was when he was a leader iu national affairs. He was in the House of Representatives during the first half of the civil war and for many years before that time was . a special judge advocate in the trial of the conspirators

against Lincoln’s life, served in the House during the reconstruction period, and afterward was minister to Japan, a post which he held a dozen years, until he was recalled by President Cleveland In 1885, since which time the general public seldom saw his name. It was during his service in Congress that the greater part of Bingham’s reputation was won. His principal claim to remembrance was through hia connection with the impeachment of President Johnson. He was one of the managers of the prosecution, and associated with him were Thaddeus Stevens of Pennsylvania, George S. Boutwell and Benjamin F. Butler of Massachusetts, Thomas Williams of Pennsylvania and John A. Logan of Illinois. Bingham was a man of ability, publie spirit and courage. He was one of the worthiest and most prominent members of the Ohio delegation at a time when that State had a particularly strong representation in both branches of Congress, including Sherman, Wade, Schenck, Hayys, Garfield and others.

J. A. BINGHAM.