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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>
During the [[United States presidential election, 1860|1860]], Conkling supported the party nomination of [[William H. Seward]].<ref name=remarkableroscoept1>[https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-remarkable-roscoe-friend-and-nemesis-of-presidents-part-i.htm The Remarkable Roscoe: Friend and Nemesis of Presidents (Part I)]. ''National Park Service''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>
During the [[United States presidential election, 1860|1860 presidential election]], Conkling supported the party nomination of [[William H. Seward]].<ref name=remarkableroscoept1>[https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/the-remarkable-roscoe-friend-and-nemesis-of-presidents-part-i.htm The Remarkable Roscoe: Friend and Nemesis of Presidents (Part I)]. ''National Park Service''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref>
[[File:Roscoe Conkling 1860s National Archives picture.tif.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Conkling in the 1860s.]]
[[File:Roscoe Conkling 1860s National Archives picture.tif.jpg|thumb|left|160px|Conkling in the 1860s.]]