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==Regular Republican machine politics==
==Regular Republican machine politics==
[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Hayes shut out many Stalwarts from federal patronage.]]
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{{stalwarts sb}}
By the mid-1870s, French's rise in Republican politics led to befriending prominent state party leaders such as Thomas Murphy, [[Roscoe Conkling]], and future vice president [[Chester A. Arthur|Chester A. "Chet" Arthur]].<ref name=nytimesobit/> In 1876, he was appointed Appraiser of the Port of New York by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], whereupon his entry into metropolitan politics began an identification with the party's Stalwart faction–according to ''The New York Times'':
By the mid-1870s, French's rise in Republican politics led to befriending prominent state party leaders such as Thomas Murphy, [[Roscoe Conkling]], and future vice president [[Chester A. Arthur|Chester A. "Chet" Arthur]].<ref name=nytimesobit/> In 1876, he was appointed Appraiser of the Port of New York by President [[Ulysses S. Grant]], whereupon his entry into metropolitan politics began an identification with the party's Stalwart faction–according to ''The New York Times'':