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===Strategist for Half-Breed Republicans===
===Strategist for Half-Breed Republicans===
[[File:John D. Long later years.png|thumb|right|200px|Long in his later years.]]
Long's support for civil service reform aligned him with the congressional "[[Half-Breeds]]" faction. Along with Massachusetts senators [[Henry Dawes]] and [[George F. Hoar]], he tasked to formulate a strategy for the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]].<ref name=halfbreedrepublicans>Welch, Richard E., Jr. (1968). [https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/GeorgeEdmunds.pdf George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed], p. 67–68. ''Vermont History''. Retrieved December 22, 2021.</ref>
Long's support for civil service reform aligned him with the congressional "[[Half-Breeds]]" faction. Along with Massachusetts senators [[Henry Dawes]] and [[George F. Hoar]], he tasked to formulate a strategy for the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]].<ref name=halfbreedrepublicans>Welch, Richard E., Jr. (1968). [https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/GeorgeEdmunds.pdf George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed], p. 67–68. ''Vermont History''. Retrieved December 22, 2021.</ref>