Roscoe Conkling

GPTKB entity

Properties (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Politician
gptkbp:advocatesFor Civil Service Reform
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Union_College
gptkbp:associatedWith New_York_politics
gptkbp:birthDate 1829-10-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Albany,_New_York
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Green-Wood_Cemetery
gptkbp:children gptkb:Roscoe_Conkling_Jr.
gptkbp:contributedTo gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkbp:deathDate 1888-04-18
gptkbp:house 1859-1863
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Roscoe Conkling
gptkbp:influenced The_Republican_Party's_direction
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:isInvolvedIn gptkb:New_York_State_Assembly
gptkbp:knownFor Stalwart_faction_of_the_Republican_Party
gptkbp:nickname The Great Conkling
gptkbp:notableWorks Political speeches
gptkbp:occupation Lawyer
gptkbp:office United_States_Senator
gptkbp:opposedBy gptkb:James_G._Blaine
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edwin_D._Morgan
gptkbp:retired 1881
gptkbp:role Chairman_of_the_Republican_National_Committee
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:U.S._House_of_Representatives
District_Attorney_of_Oneida_County
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Ellen_M._Conkling
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Daniel_Morris
gptkb:James_M._McCulloch
gptkb:Francis_Kernan
gptkbp:supported gptkb:Ulysses_S._Grant
gptkbp:termEnd 1858
1863-03-03
1881-03-04
gptkbp:termStart 1860
1867-03-04
1859-03-04
1858-1859
1865-1867
1867-1881
1872-1876
gptkbp:wasA gptkb:U.S._Attorney_for_the_Northern_District_of_New_York
gptkb:Delegate_to_the_Republican_National_Convention
Member_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives
Member_of_the_New_York_State_Assembly
U.S._Senator_from_New_York
Member_of_the_New_York_State_Senate
gptkbp:wasPartOf The Gilded Age