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During the [[American Civil War]], Conkling strong supported President [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref name=u-s-history.com>[https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h706.html Roscoe Conkling]. ''U-S-History.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Following the war, he expressed support for confiscating land from the defeated Confederates to distribute among the newly freed slaves.

During the [[American Civil War]], Conkling strong supported President [[Abraham Lincoln]].<ref name=u-s-history.com>[https://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h706.html Roscoe Conkling]. ''U-S-History.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Following the war, he expressed support for confiscating land from the defeated Confederates to distribute among the newly freed slaves.

In his House years, Conkling became bitter political rivals with Rep. [[James G. Blaine]] of [[Maine]], who would later lead the Half-Breeds. Blaine once mocked the "turkey-gobbler strut" of Conkling, who vowed to never speak with him again.<ref>[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/waughj/classes/gildedage/private/gilded_age_politics/history/bio_conkling.html Roscoe Conkling: Congressman and Political Boss (1829-1888)]. ''UCLA Social Sciences''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

In his House years, Conkling became bitter political rivals with Rep. [[James G. Blaine]] of [[Maine]], who would later lead the Half-Breeds. Blaine once on the House floor mocked the "majestic, supereminent, overpowering, turkey-gobbler strut" of Conkling,<ref name=encyclopedia.combio1>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/us-history-biographies/roscoe-conkling Conkling, Roscoe]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> who vowed to never speak with him again.<ref>[http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/history/waughj/classes/gildedage/private/gilded_age_politics/history/bio_conkling.html Roscoe Conkling: Congressman and Political Boss (1829-1888)]. ''UCLA Social Sciences''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

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