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====Conkling, Morton, and Arthur====
====Conkling, Morton, and Arthur====
[[File:Levi morton.jpg|thumb|right|Undated picture of Morton.]]
Among Garfield's assurances towards the Stalwarts during the 1880 campaign pertained to the [[Secretary of the Treasury]] which oversaw the New York customhouse that the Conkling machine's patronage was rooted in.<ref name=levipmorton/> Morton chaired the campaign finance committee of Garfield under the pretense that the post would be given to him, only to be insisted by the president-elect in December of 1800 that the latter did not pledge any specific promises.<ref name=levipmorton/>
Among Garfield's assurances towards the Stalwarts during the 1880 campaign pertained to the [[Secretary of the Treasury]] which oversaw the New York customhouse that the Conkling machine's patronage was rooted in.<ref name=levipmorton/> Morton chaired the campaign finance committee of Garfield under the pretense that the post would be given to him, only to be insisted by the president-elect in December of 1800 that the latter did not pledge any specific promises.<ref name=levipmorton/>