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===Conkling and Platt fail to rebuke Garfield===

===Conkling and Platt fail to rebuke Garfield===

Although Garfield had initially vowed to meet Stalwart patronage demands, he turned his back on Conkling and claimed he never agreed to specific promises. Garfield nominated for New York Collector of the Port [[William H. Robertson]],<ref name=npsinfo/> a Half-Breed who opposed Grant in 1880. This elicited Conkling's fury, as traditionally presidential appointments for a state would first "require" the approval of the respective state's U.S. senators.

Although Garfield had initially vowed to meet Stalwart patronage demands, he turned his back on Conkling and claimed he never agreed to specific promises. Garfield nominated for New York Collector of the Port [[William H. Robertson]],<ref name=npsinfo/> a Half-Breed who opposed Grant in 1880.<ref name=theremarkableroscoept1/> This elicited Conkling's fury, as traditionally presidential appointments for a state would first "require" the approval of the respective state's U.S. senators.

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/>