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Conkling, enraged at Garfield, devised a plan that, if successful, would demonstrate New York Republicans were loyal to him and not the president. He convinced his Stalwart senatorial colleague [[Thomas C. Platt]] that they would both suddenly resign from the Senate, under the guise the state legislature would immediately elect them to their posts.<ref name=npsinfo/>

Conkling, enraged at Garfield, devised a plan that, if successful, would demonstrate New York Republicans were loyal to him and not the president. He convinced his Stalwart senatorial colleague [[Thomas C. Platt]] that they would both suddenly resign from the Senate, under the guise the state legislature would immediately elect them to their posts.<ref name=npsinfo/>

However, the New York legislature, controlled by Half-Breeds, thwarted Conkling and Platt by refusing to elect the pair.<ref name=npsinfo/><ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Conkling subsequently quit politics, though Platt would return to the Senate years after the Stalwarts effectively collapsed.

However, the New York legislature, controlled by Half-Breeds, thwarted Conkling and Platt by refusing to elect the pair.<ref name=npsinfo/><ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Conkling subsequently quit politics, though Platt would return to the Senate years after the Stalwarts effectively collapsed. After this point, the term "Stalwart" fell out of designation as a political term.<ref name=encyclopedia.combasicinfo/>

===Garfield assassination, backlash against Stalwarts===

===Garfield assassination, backlash against Stalwarts===