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During the [[United States presidential election, 1884|1884 presidential election]], there were speculations that Conkling would actively support the Republican Party ticket headed by rival Blaine and Stalwart [[John Logan]].<ref>August 17, 1884. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/08/17/106287673.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING DECLINES.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He ultimately declined to stump for the pair as written in a letter addressed to a Plumed Knights secretary that read:
During the [[United States presidential election, 1884|1884 presidential election]], there were speculations that Conkling would actively support the Republican Party ticket headed by rival Blaine and Stalwart [[John Logan]].<ref>August 17, 1884. [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1884/08/17/106287673.pdf ROSCOE CONKLING DECLINES.] ''The New York Times''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He ultimately declined to stump for the pair as written in a letter addressed to a Plumed Knights secretary that read:
{{cquote|DEAR SIR: Noting yours and thanking you for the [unreadable] of an honorable membership of the political organization referred to. I must ask you to excuse me. I am quite out of politics and don't wish in any way to be drawn into the pending canvass.|||Conkling, 1884}}
{{cquote|DEAR SIR: Noting yours and thanking you for the [unreadable] of an honorable membership of the political organization referred to. I must ask you to excuse me. I am quite out of politics and don't wish in any way to be drawn into the pending canvass.|||Conkling, 1884}}
He would argue the winning side in ''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Company'', a unanimous 1886 Supreme Court case that granted equal protection to corporations. The case would later serve as a forerunner to ''[[Citizens United v. FEC]]''.
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==