The Constitution and Presidential Elections. Speech of Roscoe Conkling in the senate of the United States January 23 and 24, 1877

by Constitution, Roscoe Conkling

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48 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Original stitched wrappers. Minor soiling. Very Good. Item #4062 Conkling was the senator from New York and in 1877 was the favorite son of New York for the Republican nomination in rivalry with James G. Blaine. As it turned out the nomination and the Presidency went to Rutherford B. Hayes. Conkling was bitterly opposed to Hayes and in this document questions the manner of vote counting by the House and Senate in regard to

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