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[278] Born in Ohio, 1831; died, 1881. Graduated at Williams College, 1856; became president of Hiram College in 1857; volunteered, and was appointed lieutenant colonel in 1861; routed Confederates at Middle Creek, January 10, 1862; was made brigadier general and served at Shiloh; was chief of staff of Rosecrans and rendered such service as to be made major general after Chickamauga; having already been elected member of Congress, he took his seat in December, 1863; was a leading member and debater till his election to the Senate in 1880; was nominated by the Republicans for President on the thirty-sixth ballot in 1880; assassinated, 1881.

[279] Conkling had previously attacked Garfield in scathing speeches. He did not reënter public life. He died from exposure to the great “blizzard” of 1888. Platt later returned to the Senate.