Conkling, Roscoe, 1829-1888
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Roscoe Conkling was a New York politician and lawyer, serving in Congress as both Senator and Representative. He resigned abruptly to protest Federal appointments in New York, and returned to his law practice. He later declined an appointment to the United States Supreme Court.
Roscoe Conkling was a Senator (1867-81) and Congressman (1859-63) from N.Y.
Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) was an American lawyer and United States Senator and Representative. Conkling came from a political family; his father Alfred Conkling, was a U.S. Representative and Federal judge and his brother Frederick was also a U.S. Representative. Conkling practiced law both before and after his time in Washington, served as Oneida County District Attorney, and declined to accept a nomination to the United States Supreme Court in 1882. During more than twenty years in Congress (1859-1882) he was a Radical Republican, and was active in framing and pushing through Congress Reconstruction legislation and the second Civil Rights Act in 1875.
U.S. senator from New York.
New York state lawyer, politician; mayor, Utica, New York, 1858; New York congressman, 1859-1862, 1866-1867; New York senator, 1867-1881.
Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888) was a U.S. Senator from New York.
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