Lincoln Stedman Lincoln Stedman Lincoln Stedman (May 18, 1907 – March 22, 1948) was an American silent film actor. Stedman was born in Denver, Colorado, and was the son of Marshall Stedman and silent film beauty Myrtle Stedman. A large fat man, Stedman had a career in films dating back to his boyhood in silent films with his parents. He appeared in 81 films between 1917 and 1934. Overweight as a teenager, Stedman resembled Roscoe Arbuckle which allowed him to convincingly play adult roles far beyond his years in real life. He was married to Carol Rohe Stedman. One month before his
Roscoe Conkling he offered his friend Conkling an associate justiceship on the Supreme Court, Conkling accepted the offer and was confirmed by the Senate. However, Conkling changed his mind and refused to serve, the last person (as of 2018) to have done so. He practiced law in New York until his death in 1888. Conkling was born on October 30, 1829, in Albany, New York, to Alfred Conkling, a U.S. Representative and federal judge and his wife Eliza Cockburn (cousin of the late Lord Chief-Justice Sir Alexander Cockburn of England). Raised in an atmosphere of law and politics, early associations with notable