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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 is remembered today as the 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 567,412 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Roscoe Conkling is the 17,046th most popular politician (down from 15,129th in 2019), the 14,420th most popular biography from United States (down from 12,811th in 2019) and the 1,077th most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Roscoe Conkling ranks 17,046 out of 15,577Before him are Michael Bennet, Jeff Bingaman, William M. Daley, Tatiana Turanskaya, Newton Booth, and Brock Adams. After him are Lamar Smith, Alan Cranston, Bob Corker, Danny Philip, Mike Oxley, and Sheldon Whitehouse.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1829, Roscoe Conkling ranks 60Before him are José López Domínguez, William Michael Rossetti, Théodore Aubanel, Charles Walter De Vis, Catherine Booth, and Ludvig Lorenz.  Among people deceased in 1888, Roscoe Conkling ranks 75Before him are Alessandro Antonelli, Jan van Beers, Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Arsène Darmesteter, Richard A. Proctor, and Morrison Waite.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roscoe Conkling ranks 14,420 out of 18,182Before him are Newton Booth (1825), Caldwell Jones (1950), Danny Pudi (1979), James Lesure (1970), Chuck Behler (1965), and Brock Adams (1927). After him are Jordan Fry (1993), Barbara Jordan (1957), Lamar Smith (1947), Alan Cranston (1914), Camille Guaty (1976), and Lela Rochon (1964).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Roscoe Conkling ranks 1,077Before him are John Carney (1956), Byron Dorgan (1942), Jeff Bingaman (1943), William M. Daley (1948), Newton Booth (1825), and Brock Adams (1927). After him are Lamar Smith (1947), Alan Cranston (1914), Bob Corker (1952), Mike Oxley (1944), Sheldon Whitehouse (1955), and Tom Udall (1948).