Conkling was elected to the Illinois House for another two-year term in 1866 . He authored the bill that would authorize the construction of a new Illinois State Capitol building . Soon after the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln , Conkling was named one of the first fourteen members of the Lincoln Monument Association , where he served for over thirty years . He was elected a trustee of the University of Illinois for the years 1879 to 1880 . In 1890 , President Benjamin Harrison named Conkling the Postmaster of Springfield . He served the office for four years
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
James C. Conkling