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In the 1867 elections, Conkling ran for [[United States Senate]], and was nominated over two intraparty opponents.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=576344 NY US Senate - R Caucus Race - Jan 10, 1867]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He proceeded to be elected by the New York legislature in a landslide over two Democrat opponents.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=392210 NY Us Senate Race - Jan 15, 1867]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

In the 1867 elections, Conkling ran for [[United States Senate]], and was nominated over two intraparty opponents.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=576344 NY US Senate - R Caucus Race - Jan 10, 1867]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He proceeded to be elected by the New York legislature in a landslide over two Democrat opponents.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=392210 NY Us Senate Race - Jan 15, 1867]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

During [[Reconstruction]], Conkling helped push through major Radical Republican legislation under the presidency of [[Ulysses S. Grant]], including the [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1875.<ref name=letters/> He also sponsored a military Reconstruction bill in 1867 and helped [[Frederick Douglass]] become the first black American to hold the post of Washington, D.C. Recorder of Deeds.<ref name=encyclopedia.combio2>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/conkling-roscoe-1829-1888 CONKLING, ROSCOE (1829–1888)]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>

During [[Reconstruction]], Conkling helped push through major Radical Republican legislation under the presidency of [[Ulysses S. Grant]], including the [[Civil Rights Act]] of 1875.<ref name=letters/> He also sponsored a military Reconstruction bill in 1867 and helped [[Frederick Douglass]] become the first black American to hold the post of Washington, D.C. Recorder of Deeds.<ref name=encyclopedia.combio2>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/politics/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/conkling-roscoe-1829-1888 CONKLING, ROSCOE (1829–1888)]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Douglass later named Conkling, Grant, [[Charles Sumner]], and Benjamin Butler as protectors of freedmen.

===Presidential bid, 1876===

===Presidential bid, 1876===