'''Stalwart''' was a term used to describe the [[conservative]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] from 1877-1894 that opposed [[civil service system|civil service]] reform and favored the traditional method of the [[spoils system]] instead. They were led by [[Senator]] [[Roscoe Conkling]] of [[New York]] and supported [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and were successors of the [[Radical Republicans]] who strongly opposed slavery. | '''Stalwart''' was a term used to describe the [[conservative]] wing of the [[Republican Party]] from 1877-1894 that opposed [[civil service system|civil service]] reform and favored the traditional method of the [[spoils system]] instead. They were led by [[Senator]] [[Roscoe Conkling]] of [[New York]] and supported [[Ulysses S. Grant]] and were successors of the [[Radical Republicans]] who strongly opposed slavery. |