Roscoe Conkling

1800sAmericans
Written By Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

  • Born in Albany, NY

  • 6’ 3”

  • Tammany Hall boss

  • Super-corrupt; once had Chester Arthur drag a James Garfield appointee out of bed to make him quit his post

  • Despite coming off like an absolute garbage human being in everything I’d first read about him — he was committed to abolishing slavery and Reconstruction

  • Supported Blanche K. Bruce, a formerly enslaved man who took Jefferson Davis’ seat (more on this at some point)

  • It’s clear I need to learn more about him before fully-forming an opinion

Roscoe Conkling had Chester Arthur drag a Garfield appointee out of bed to make him quit
Heather Rogers, America's Preeminent Presidential Doodler

Heather isn’t a historian, an academic, or an impartial storyteller… but she has read more than one book about every U.S. president. Out of spite. She was dubbed America’s Preeminent Presidential Doodler by one of her favorite authors and she’s been repeating it ever since. When she’s not reading or doodling history books, she’s a freelance graphic designer and illustrator.

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