Roscoe Conkling
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Roscoe Conkling was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was a leader of the Republican
Portrait by Mathew Brady, 1868
Conkling's father Alfred was a United States representative and ambassador to Mexico.
Daguerreotype of a young Roscoe Conkling, c. 1855
Chester A. Arthur, as a young lawyer. Conkling nurtured Arthur's career and relentlessly promoted him.
The 1881 United States Senate special elections in New York were held from May 31 to July 22 by the New York State Legislature to elect two U.S. senators to represent New York in the United States Sen
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Elbridge G. Lapham Brady Handy
Roscoe Conkling, senator since 1867
Thomas Collier Platt, senator since January 1881