All posts tagged "Roscoe Conkling"
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19.1K1Crime and ScandalRhode Island’s Sprague-Conkling Affair (or the 1879 Episode at Narragansett)
The Sprague-Conkling affair started on a pleasant day in August of 1879 at Narragansett Pier, a fashionable resort, in Rhode Island. The...
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28.8K4IrregularsChester Arthur, Inaugurated in his Lexington Ave. Home
The American public had low expectations of Chester Arthur when he became the 21st president of the United States, but he surprised...
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