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'''Roscoe Conkling''' (October 30, 1829 – April 18, 1888) was a U.S. representative and senator from [[New York]]. He served as a bodyguard to Senator [[Thaddeus Stevens]] of Pennsylvania (a fierce [[Radical Republican]] leader) and helped to organize the Compromise of 1877, which handed [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] the presidency.

'''Roscoe Conkling''' (October 30, 1829 – April 18, 1888) was a U.S. representative and senator from [[New York]]. He served as a bodyguard to Senator [[Thaddeus Stevens]] of Pennsylvania (a fierce [[Radical Republican]] leader) and helped to organize the Compromise of 1877, which handed [[Rutherford B. Hayes]] the presidency.

A member of the Radical Republicans,<ref name=letters>[https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/conkling_r.htm Roscoe Conkling Letters: An inventory of his letters at Syracuse University]. ''Syracuse University''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Conkling led the [[conservative]] [[Stalwart]] faction of the [[Republican Party]], which firmly supported maintaining the [[spoils system]] to secure the constitutional rights of blacks.<ref>Matthews, Dylan (June 20, 2016). [https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12233454/christie-trump-purge-federal-employees Donald Trump and Chris Christie are reportedly planning to purge the civil service]. ''Vox''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He opposed the [[Half-Breeds]], the more moderate wing of the GOP which supported demands by some [[Jim Crow]] [[Democrats]] to install a [[bureaucratic]] [[civil service system]].

A member of the Radical Republicans,<ref name=letters>[https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/c/conkling_r.htm Roscoe Conkling Letters: An inventory of his letters at Syracuse University]. ''Syracuse University''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> Conkling led the [[conservative]]<ref>[https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/stalwarts Stalwarts]. ''Encyclopedia.com''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> [[Stalwart]] faction of the [[Republican Party]], which firmly supported maintaining the [[spoils system]] to secure the constitutional rights of blacks.<ref>Matthews, Dylan (June 20, 2016). [https://www.vox.com/2016/7/20/12233454/christie-trump-purge-federal-employees Donald Trump and Chris Christie are reportedly planning to purge the civil service]. ''Vox''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He opposed the [[Half-Breeds]], the more moderate wing of the GOP which supported demands by some [[Jim Crow]] [[Democrats]] to install a [[bureaucratic]] [[civil service system]].

He boxed and exercised regularly; such healthy physical condition was considered uncommon at the time.

He boxed and exercised regularly; such healthy physical condition was considered uncommon at the time.