Ward Hunt
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Ward Hunt was an American jurist and politician. He was Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1868 to 1869, and an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1872 to 1882.
Ward Hunt c. 1870-80
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
Ward Hunt
…Wright. In 1870, he was legislated out of office but was appointed one of the Commissioners of Appeals. Hunt was a friend and patron of political boss Roscoe Conkling, who was an associate of President Ulysses S. Grant. When Samuel Nelson retired from the Supreme Court, Conkling asked Grant to nominate Hunt for the…
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.