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Roscoe Conkling

1829 - 1888

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Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829 – April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He was a leader of the Republican Stalwart faction and a dominant figure in the United States Senate during the 1870s. As senator, his control of patronage at the New York Customs House, one of the busiest commercial ports in the world, made him very powerful. His comity with President Ulysses S. Grant and conflict with Presidents Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Roscoe Conkling has received more than 615,226 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Roscoe Conkling is the 18,070th most popular politician (down from 16,985th in 2019), the 14,066th most popular biography from United States (up from 14,382nd in 2019) and the 1,015th most popular American Politician.

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    Languages Editions (L)

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    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roscoe Conkling ranks 18,070 out of 19,576. Before him are Tom Harkin, Nancy Kassebaum, Gopalkrishna Gandhi, Hattie Wyatt Caraway, Rafael Pascual, and Nadezhda Neynsky. After him are Sophia Duleep Singh, Margaret Heckler, Clement Comer Clay, Ezekiel Alebua, Conrad Black, and Monica Macovei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Roscoe Conkling ranks 70. Before him are Théodore Aubanel, Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, William Michael Rossetti, Charles Walter De Vis, Catherine Booth, and Thomas Hill.  Among people deceased in 1888, Roscoe Conkling ranks 82. Before him are Morrison Waite, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Henry James Sumner Maine, Jules d'Anethan, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, and Richard A. Proctor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roscoe Conkling ranks 14,066 out of 20,380. Before him are Jason Gedrick (1965), Travis Pastrana (1983), Steven Sotloff (1983), Maxine Hong Kingston (1940), Daniel W. Bursch (1957), and Brutus Beefcake (1957). After him are Johnny Gioeli (1967), Melanie Mayron (1952), Deborah Harkness (1965), Jim Butcher (1971), Patricia Barry (1921), and David Lovering (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roscoe Conkling ranks 1,015. Before him are Shelley Moore Capito (1953), Ben Nighthorse Campbell (1933), Charlie Baker (1956), Tom Harkin (1939), Nancy Kassebaum (1932), and Hattie Wyatt Caraway (1878). After him are Margaret Heckler (1931), Clement Comer Clay (1789), J. B. Pritzker (1965), Sam Rayburn (1882), Robert Bergland (1928), and Alton B. Parker (1852).

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