Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Roscoe Conkling

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Last updated on December 2, 2024.

Roscoe Conkling 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 Senate during the 1870s. Conkling, who was temperate and detested tobacco, was known for his physical condition, maintained through regular exercise and boxing, an unusual devotion for his time.

American - Politician | October 30, 1829 - April 18, 1888

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The election before us will be the Austerlitz of American politics.

Roscoe Conkling

Show me a better man. Name one and I am answered; but do not point, as a disqualification, to the very facts which make this man fit beyond all others.

Roscoe Conkling

Without bureaus, committees, officials or emissaries to manufacture sentiment in his favor, without intrigue or effort on his part, Grant is the candidate whose supporters have never threatened to bolt.

Roscoe Conkling

Obeying instructions I should never dare to disregard, expressing, also, my own firm conviction, I rise in behalf of the State of New York to propose a nomination with which the country and the Republican party can grandly win.

Roscoe Conkling

He will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may.

Roscoe Conkling