Roscoe Conkling in the United States
Conkling, Roscoe (1829_1888)
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled 431 CONKLING, ROSCOE (1829_1888) A New York attorney, congressman (1859_1863, 1865_1867) , and senator (1867_1881) , Roscoe Conkling in 1861 initiated legislation creating the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. In 1865, as a member of the joint committee on reconstruction, Conkling supported civil
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