Conkling is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *

Alfred Conkling Alfred Conkling (October 12, 1789 – February 5, 1874) was a United States representative from New York, a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York and United States Minister to Mexi ...

(1789–1874), American lawyer and politician *

Alfred R. Conkling Alfred Ronalds Conkling (September 28, 1850 – September 18, 1917) was an American geologist, lawyer, writer, and politician from New York. Life Conkling was born on September 28, 1850, in New York City, the son of Frederick A. Conkling and Ele ...

(1850–1917), American geologist, lawyer, and author, and politician *

Chris Conkling Jon Christopher Conkling (born March 31, 1949) is an American writer. He is best known as the co-writer of the screenplay for the animated version of ''Lord of the Rings'', directed by Ralph Bakshi and produced by Saul Zaentz. He has also publishe ...

(born 1949), American screenwriter * E. Leslie Conkling (1931–2014), American politician and educator * Frederick A. Conkling (1816–1891), American politician *

Grace Conkling Grace Walcott Hazard Conkling (February 7, 1878 – November 15, 1958) was an American author, a poet and an English professor. Background Grace Walcott Hazard was born in New York City on February 7, 1878. She earned a bachelor of letters deg ...

(1878–1958), American writer *

Helen Conkling Helen Conkling (born 1933) is an American poet. Her work has appeared in the ''Antioch Review'', ''Georgia Review'', the ''Hudson Review'', ''Chicago Review'', the ''Ohio Review'' and ''Prairie Schooner''. In 1996, she was the recipient of the Agne ...

(born 1933), American poet *

Hilda Conkling Hilda Conkling (1910–1986) was an American poet. She was the daughter of Grace Hazard Conkling, a poet in her own right and Assistant Professor of English at Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts. Hilda was born in New York state. Her ...

(1910–1986), American poet *

James C. Conkling James Cook Conkling (October 13, 1816 – March 1, 1899) was an American politician and attorney from New York City. A graduate of Princeton College, Conkling was admitted to the bar, then moved to Springfield, Illinois. There, he became a promi ...

(1816–1899), American politician *

Mabel Conkling Mabel Harris Conkling (November 17, 1871 – October 11, 1966) was an American sculptor, and president of the National Association of Women Painters and Sculptors from 1926 to 1928. Early life Mabel Viola Harris was born in Boothbay, Maine, the d ...

(1871–1966), American sculptor *

Philip Wheeler Conkling Philip Conkling is the founder and former president of thIsland Institute a membership-based nonprofit organization located in Rockland, Maine that serves as a voice for the balanced future of the islands and waters of the Gulf of Maine, especial ...

(born ?), conservation attorney and author *

Roscoe Conkling Roscoe Conkling (October 30, 1829April 18, 1888) was an American lawyer and Republican politician who represented New York in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate. He is remembered today as the leader of the Re ...

(1829–1888), American politician *

Roscoe P. Conkling Roscoe Powers Conkling (May 3, 1889 – October 28, 1954) was a justice of the Missouri Supreme Court from 1947 to 1954, including a period as chief justice. Biography Conkling was born on May 3, 1889, in Carrollton, Missouri, to Virgil Marc ...

(1889–1954), Missouri supreme court justice *

Roscoe Seely Conkling Roscoe Seely Conkling (February 15, 1884 - September 14, 1956) was the Deputy New York Attorney General until 1919. He administered the draft laws in New York during World War I and World War II. Biography He was born on February 15, 1884, in Pa ...

(1884–1956), deputy attorney general of New York *

Wallace E. Conkling Wallace Edmonds Conkling (October 25, 1896 – August 27, 1979) was the seventh bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Chicago and served from 1941 to 1953. Education and early career Conkling was born October 25, 1896, in Matteawan (now part of B ...

(1896–1976), American Episcopal bishop

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