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{{cquote|His chief mentors in this new field were Gen. Arthur, Thomas Murphy, De Witt Clinton Wheeler, Jacob Hess, and Roscoe Conkling.|||''The New York Times'', February 4, 1896}}

{{cquote|His chief mentors in this new field were Gen. Arthur, Thomas Murphy, De Witt Clinton Wheeler, Jacob Hess, and Roscoe Conkling.|||''The New York Times'', February 4, 1896}}

During the presidency of [[Half-Breed]] Republican [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], French, along other Stalwart officeholders of patronage-controlled seats such as Chester Arthur, was ousted by the Administration. However, in early 1879, a "scheme" successfully installed French into a police board—a coalition of machine-aligned aldermen from both the Republican and Democratic aisles successfully nominated him as Police Commissioner, where he was described as:<ref name=nytimesobit/>

During the presidency of Republican Half-Breed favorite [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], French, along other Stalwart officeholders of patronage-controlled seats such as Chester Arthur, was ousted by the Administration. However, in early 1879, a "scheme" successfully installed French into a police board—a coalition of machine-aligned aldermen from both the Republican and Democratic aisles successfully nominated him as Police Commissioner, where he was described as:<ref name=nytimesobit/>

{{cquote|...easy going, and so generous to his friends in the matter of appointment as to escape suspicion that has attached to other officials.|||''The New York Times'', February 4, 1896}}

{{cquote|...easy going, and so generous to his friends in the matter of appointment as to escape suspicion that has attached to other officials.|||''The New York Times'', February 4, 1896}}