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==U.S. House of Representatives==
==U.S. House of Representatives==
Conkling first successfully ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the 1858 midterms, defeating Democrat P. Sheldon Root in New York's 22nd congressional district by fifteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725369 NY District 20 Race - Nov 02, 1858]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He was easily re-elected to a second term in the subsequent 1860 elections.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725370 NY District 20 Race - Nov 06, 1860]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>
Conkling first successfully ran for the [[United States House of Representatives]] in the 1858 midterms, defeating Democrat P. Sheldon Root in New York's 22nd congressional district by fifteen percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725369 NY District 20 Race - Nov 02, 1858]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> He was easily re-elected to a second term in the subsequent 1860 elections.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725370 NY District 20 Race - Nov 06, 1860]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>
[[File:Roscoe Conkling 1860s National Archives picture.tif.jpg|thumb|left|170px|Conkling in the 1860s.]]
===1862 midterm defeat, 1864 comeback===
===1862 midterm defeat, 1864 comeback===
In the 1862 elections, Conkling ran under the banner of the Unionist Party and faced Democrat Francis Kernan, who very narrowly won the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725371 NY District 21 Race - Nov 04, 1862]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> However, he successfully re-emerged in 1864, ousting Kernan.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725372 NY District 21 Race - Nov 08, 1864]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>
In the 1862 elections, Conkling ran under the banner of the Unionist Party and faced Democrat Francis Kernan, who very narrowly won the general election.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725371 NY District 21 Race - Nov 04, 1862]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> However, he successfully re-emerged in 1864, ousting Kernan.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=725372 NY District 21 Race - Nov 08, 1864]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>