Conkling
Americannoun
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One man, Garfield, has chosen virtue; another, Conkling, has chosen corruption; the third, Guiteau, has no real choice in the matter but keeps an audience teetering between pity and revulsion.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025
Shea Whigham is New York senator and power broker Roscoe Conkling, Garfield’s moral opposite, and the series’ villain, if you excuse Guiteau as mentally ill.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025
Roscoe Conkling, Garfield’s biggest political enemy, was a former district attorney in Oneida County and called “the giant of Oneida.”
From Washington Post • Feb. 2, 2023
Jeremy Conkling, a sergeant with the department and the president of the police union, said officers generally don’t write citations for minor offenses, like not having a physical license present.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 4, 2022
James Garfield's troubles with Roscoe Conkling were ending, thanks to Conkling’s own political errors.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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