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'''Stephen Bull French''' (January 16, 1829 – February 3, 1896),<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147942600/stephen-bull-french Stephen Bull French (1829–1896)]. ''Find a Grave''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref> also known as '''S. B. French''', was a Republican politician from [[New York]]. Despite never holding well-known public offices, was tremendously active in [[Stalwart Republicans|Stalwart]] faction politics as a loyalist for party "regulars" who favored the traditional machine politics of the [[spoils system]] against civil service reform sought out by the opposing [[Half-Breed Republicans|Half-Breed]] faction.

'''Stephen Bull French''' (January 16, 1829 – February 3, 1896),<ref name=findagrave>[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/147942600/stephen-bull-french Stephen Bull French (1829–1896)]. ''Find a Grave''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref> also known as '''S. B. French''', was a Republican politician from [[New York]]. Despite never holding well-known public offices, was tremendously active in [[Stalwart Republicans|Stalwart]] faction politics as a leader for party "regulars" who favored the traditional machine politics of the [[spoils system]] against civil service reform sought out by the opposing [[Half-Breed Republicans|Half-Breed]] faction.<ref name=broxmeyer>Broxmeyer, Jeffrey D. (August 14, 2020). [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Electoral_Capitalism/PYzvDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stephen+b.+french+stalwart&pg=PA203&printsec=frontcover Electoral Capitalism: The Party System in New York's Gilded Age], p. 203. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref>

==Early life and career==

==Early life and career==

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The Stalwart Folger was subsequently nominated by a very narrow margin due to French's perceived eligibility as a proxy; one member of the Half-Breeds "followed what he believed to be an example set by Judge Robertson."<ref name=nytimesobit/> However, it was soon unearthed that the letter was a fraud;<ref>1882. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Political_Pamphlets_1876_1888/1GVGAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stephen+b.+french+stalwart&pg=RA2-PA8&printsec=frontcover Political Pamphlets, 1876–1888: Issue 2], p. 8. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref> Robertson angrily responded:

The Stalwart Folger was subsequently nominated by a very narrow margin due to French's perceived eligibility as a proxy; one member of the Half-Breeds "followed what he believed to be an example set by Judge Robertson."<ref name=nytimesobit/> However, it was soon unearthed that the letter was a fraud;<ref name=broxmeyer/><ref>1882. [https://www.google.com/books/edition/Political_Pamphlets_1876_1888/1GVGAQAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=stephen+b.+french+stalwart&pg=RA2-PA8&printsec=frontcover Political Pamphlets, 1876–1888: Issue 2], p. 8. ''Google Books''. Retrieved May 25, 2023.</ref> Robertson angrily responded:

{{quotebox|Gen. James W. Husted, Saratoga:

{{quotebox|Gen. James W. Husted, Saratoga:

Stephen B. French has no authority, and never had, to represent me in the State Committee. His unauthorized appearance was an insult to the Westchester delegates and a fraud upon me. It is machine politics all over again.

Stephen B. French has no authority, and never had, to represent me in the State Committee. His unauthorized appearance was an insult to the Westchester delegates and a fraud upon me. It is machine politics all over again.