Roscoe Seely Conkling
Roscoe Seely Conkling 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 Paterson, New Jersey to William F. Conkling and Priscilla Mason of Northville, New York. He graduated from Amherst College in 1908.
He was the Deputy New York Attorney General until 1919.
After a long illness, he died on the night of September 14, 1956 at his apartment in the Irving Hotel in Manhattan, New York City. His was 72 years old.
