vcczar Posted September 29 Share Posted September 29 Roscoe Conkling of NY is another figure that needs a miniseries. He and Blaine were arguably had more name recognition than Hayes, Garfield, and Arthur, even when the latter three were president. Conkling was married to Horatio Seymour's sister. Seymour was the Dem nom for 1868. He must not have thought much of his wife because he had an affair with Chief Justice Salmon P Chase's daughter, who was married to another Senator. Conkling died from pneumonia after stupidly walking in the Great Blizzard of 1888. His actions: Conkling, Roscoe 1860 Supports Seward over Lincoln for GOP nom Conkling, Roscoe 1861 calls for investig of Ball's Bluff disaster during Civil War Conkling, Roscoe 1861 Minor controversy for working with CA Arthur (fmr pres) speculating/profiting on wartime cotton Conkling, Roscoe 1862 Strongly pro-Gold, opposes Legal Tender Act, even as an emergency measure Conkling, Roscoe 1864 Rejects appeals by H Greeley and others to help replace Lincoln w/ someone more radical; endorses Lincoln Conkling, Roscoe 1866 He and Blaine butt heads during Blaine-Fry affair, creating 10+ year rivalry between the two Conkling, Roscoe 1868 Helps draft the 14th Amendment Conkling, Roscoe 1869 Close advisor to Grant; Supports Grant's plan to annex Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) Conkling, Roscoe 1870 GOP party boss in NY after winning power struggle against Reuben Fenton Conkling, Roscoe 1871 Gets crony CA Arthur installed as Collector of the Port of NY Conkling, Roscoe 1871 Opposes Sumner's Amendment to limit presidency to one-term Conkling, Roscoe 1872 Urges Grant to nom Ward to the SC Conkling, Roscoe 1872 Aids Grant in diminishing influence of Sumner and Radical Republicans Conkling, Roscoe 1872 Opposes federal relief for the Boston fire of 1872 Conkling, Roscoe 1873 Speech helps lead to Sen. Alexander Caldwell resigning for bribery and corruption Conkling, Roscoe 1873 Declines offer by Grant to become next ChJ of the SC Conkling, Roscoe 1874 bribed by Phelps Dodge to clear NY customs Conkling, Roscoe 1875 Role in the Civil Rights Act of 1875 Conkling, Roscoe 1876 Rep pres cand; Grant's choice for nominee Conkling, Roscoe 1877 Submits a petition on behalf of women and their allies seeking an amendment for women's suffrage Conkling, Roscoe 1877 promotes Electoral Commission bill Conkling, Roscoe 1877 Goes to war w/ Hayes over civil service reform; many of his supporters replaced by Evarts men, Conkling's rivals Conkling, Roscoe 1877 leader of GOP Stalwarts opposed to reform Conkling, Roscoe 1880 promotes Grant bid for a 3rd term (non-consec) as president Conkling, Roscoe 1880 Urgest Stalwarts, including Arthur, not to accept offers to be VP by Garfield (Arthur ignores him) Conkling, Roscoe 1881 Denied Sec of State nom by Arthur, a former lackey Conkling, Roscoe 1881 resigns over Garfield patronage denials Conkling, Roscoe 1881 Attempts to win back the seat he resign from in protest, to show his power, but he isn't elected by NY state legis Conkling, Roscoe 1882 Nominated by Arthur and confirmed to SC but declined to serve Conkling, Roscoe 1884 Refuses to help GOP nom Blaine in NY and even works against him because of personal rivalry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcczar Posted September 29 Author Share Posted September 29 There's a lot I like about him, but he's too corrupt and scandalous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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