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|name=Roscoe Conkling
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|party=[[Republican]]
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{{Officeholder/representative
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|state=New York
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|district=20th
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|terms=March 4, 1859 – March 3, 1863
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|preceded=Orsamus Matteson
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|former=y
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|succeeded=Ambrose Clark
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'''Roscoe Conkling''' (October 30, 1829 – April 18, 1888) was a [[Representative]] and a [[Senator]] from [[New York]]. He served as a bodyguard to Senator [[Thaddeus Stevens]] of Pennsylvania (a [[Radical Republican]] who opposed [[slavery]], helped to organize the [[Compromise of 1877]] (which gave [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] the [[presidency]]), and led the [[Stalwart]] faction of the [[Republican Party]], which was considered to be its more [[conservative]] wing at the time. He boxed and exercised regularly; such healthy physical condition was considered uncommon at the time. While a politician, he opposed the [[Half-Breeds]], the more [[liberal]] wing. He resigned in 1881 and was confirmed as an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court]]. However, he did not serve.
 
'''Roscoe Conkling''' (October 30, 1829 – April 18, 1888) was a [[Representative]] and a [[Senator]] from [[New York]]. He served as a bodyguard to Senator [[Thaddeus Stevens]] of Pennsylvania (a [[Radical Republican]] who opposed [[slavery]], helped to organize the [[Compromise of 1877]] (which gave [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] the [[presidency]]), and led the [[Stalwart]] faction of the [[Republican Party]], which was considered to be its more [[conservative]] wing at the time. He boxed and exercised regularly; such healthy physical condition was considered uncommon at the time. While a politician, he opposed the [[Half-Breeds]], the more [[liberal]] wing. He resigned in 1881 and was confirmed as an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court]]. However, he did not serve.
  
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