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Due to both Blaine and Logan having a record of favoring the spoils system over civil service reform, "reformers" in the [[Mugwump]] faction such as [[political cartoon]]ist [[Thomas Nast]] of ''Harper's Weekly'' opposed the party ticket and instead supported the [[Bourbon Democrat]] nominee, [[Grover Cleveland]]. Former Liberal Republican Party figure Lyman Trumbull, who voted against convicting Andrew Johnson, denounced the Blaine/Logan ticket and stated that their potential victory would lead to "partisanship, abuses, and corruption."<ref name=johnloganbiop.186/> The Mugwumps in effect replaced the role of the Half-Breeds as advocates of reform who broke from party traditions.

Due to both Blaine and Logan having a record of favoring the spoils system over civil service reform, "reformers" in the [[Mugwump]] faction such as [[political cartoon]]ist [[Thomas Nast]] of ''Harper's Weekly'' opposed the party ticket and instead supported the [[Bourbon Democrat]] nominee, [[Grover Cleveland]]. Former Liberal Republican Party figure Lyman Trumbull, who voted against convicting Andrew Johnson, denounced the Blaine/Logan ticket and stated that their potential victory would lead to "partisanship, abuses, and corruption."<ref name=johnloganbiop.186/> The Mugwumps in effect replaced the role of the Half-Breeds as advocates of reform who broke from party traditions.

Logan's presence on the party ticket helped draw enthusiastic support from blacks due to his record of staunchly advocating for civil rights.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 187–88.</ref> This included the backing of abolitionist and renowned black leader [[Frederick Douglass]]. Most Half-Breeds were skeptical of Logan, though supported the ticket out of party unity; this included Rutherford Hayes, who called the nomination a "blunder and misfortune" though viewed a Democrat victory as a "serious calamity."<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/> Half-Breed John Sherman, the brother of [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/>

Logan's presence on the party ticket helped draw enthusiastic support from blacks due to his record of staunchly advocating for civil rights.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 187–88.</ref> This included the backing of abolitionist and renowned black leader [[Frederick Douglass]]. Most Half-Breeds were skeptical of Logan, though supported the ticket out of party unity; this included Rutherford Hayes, who called the nomination a "blunder and misfortune" though viewed a Democrat victory as a "serious calamity."<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/> Half-Breed John Sherman, the brother of General [[William Tecumseh Sherman]], expressed similar sentiment, calling Logan "coarse, suspicious, revengeful" yet voicing support for the GOP ticket.<ref name=johnloganbiop.187-88/>

Stalwart leader Conkling, who by this time retired from political life, still maintained his personal disdain for Blaine to such an extent that even Logan's presence on the ticket did not prompt him to campaign for the pair.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 196.</ref> When asked to bolster Blaine, he responded:

Stalwart leader Conkling, who by this time retired from political life, still maintained his personal disdain for Blaine to such an extent that even Logan's presence on the ticket did not prompt him to campaign for the pair.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 196.</ref> When asked to bolster Blaine, he responded: