During which administration did Conkling resign his senatorial seat?
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ulysses S. Grant
Andrew Johnson
James A. Garfield
Answer
James A. Garfield was the President during which Roscoe Conkling resigned from his senatorial seat. Conkling, a prominent Republican senator from New York, resigned in protest of Garfield's decision to appoint another person to a federal patronage position that Conkling had sought for his political ally. Conkling's resignation sparked a brief political crisis but ultimately failed to prevent Garfield's nominee from being confirmed.
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