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Ye Retired Politician - Roscoe Conkling, One of a set of six stock cards printed by Tobin, NY, showing a famous person of the day and an appropriate caption beginning with "Ye" at the top, this one showing Roscoe Conkling (1829-1888), lawyer and Republican US Senator who resigned from the Senate in 1881 as a protest and declined to accept a nomination to the US Supreme Court in 1882. F. Brought $35.33 in Trade Card Place Auction 183 on 5/15/2012.