David M. Jordan, Roscoe Conkling of New York, 1st ed.

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Roscoe Conkling of New York by David M. Jordan is a reliable biography of a fascinating and powerful political life in the Gilded Age. Conkling is another powerful machine politician who was portrayed in the fine 2025 miniseries Death by Lightning.

The political career and sometimes scandalous personal life of the New York senator are vividly set forth in this definitive life. A striking and authoritative picture of politics in the Gilded Age.

Lightly chipped dust jacket; else very good.

Jordan, David M. Roscoe Conkling of New York: Voice in the Senate. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1971. 1st edition., 464p., frontispiece, illustrations.