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==Political career==
==Political career==
During the 1870s, Morton was part of the Republican "Stalwarts" led by [[New York]] senator [[Roscoe Conkling]],<ref name=ussenatebio/> a [[Radical Republican]] who fiercely opposed civil service reform that would replace the [[spoils system]] the GOP utilized to safeguard constitutional rights of blacks.
During the 1870s, Morton was part of the Republican "Stalwarts" led by [[New York]] senator [[Roscoe Conkling]],<ref name=ussenatebio/> a [[Radical Republican]] and supporter of machine politics who fiercely opposed civil service reform that would replace the [[spoils system]] the GOP utilized to safeguard constitutional rights of blacks.
===U.S. House of Representatives===
===U.S. House of Representatives===