Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1884 — New York in the War Congress. [ARTICLE]

New York in the War Congress.

New York sent Reuben E. Fenton, already prominent, popular, and strong in the public service; Elbridge G, Spaulding, who became useful and even eminent as an adviser in financial legislation; William A. Wheeler, afterward Vice President of the United States; Theodore Pomeroy, the neighbor and confidential friend of Mr. Seward; Charles B. Sedgwick, of pronounced ability in the law; Charles H. Van Wyck, who afterward sought distinction in the West; and Abraham Olin, subsequently well known in judicial life. The ablest and most brilliant man of the delegation was Roscoe Conkling. He had been elected to the preceding Congress when but 29 years of age, and had exhibited a readiness and eloquence in debate that placed, him at once in the front rank. His command of language was remarkable. In affluent and exuberant diction Mr. Conkling was never surpassed in either branch of Congress, unless, perhaps, by Rufus Choate.— Blaine?s “ Twenty Years in Congress .”