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===Arthur abandons the Stalwart faction===

===Arthur abandons the Stalwart faction===

Following the assassination of President Garfield by [[Charles J. Guiteau]], a mentally ill self-professed "Stalwart of the Stalwarts," ascendant Stalwart successor Arthur angered his old faction associates by expediently declining to reward them with patronage out of fear that he would face the wrath of public backlash kindled against the faction. Some contemporaries of the era speculated that the rift between French and Arthur was due to a request by the former for the appointment of Collector of the Port of New York, though ''The New York Times'' noted the factually incorrect nature of the claim.<ref name=nytimesobit/>

Following the assassination of President [[James A. Garfield]] by [[Charles J. Guiteau]], a mentally ill self-professed "Stalwart of the Stalwarts," ascendant Stalwart successor Arthur angered his old faction associates by expediently declining to reward them with patronage out of fear that he would face the wrath of public backlash kindled against the faction. Some contemporaries of the era speculated that the rift between French and Arthur was due to a request by the former for the appointment of Collector of the Port of New York, though ''The New York Times'' noted the factually incorrect nature of the claim.<ref name=nytimesobit/>

==="Proxy" incident===

==="Proxy" incident===