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==Regular Republican machine politics==

==Regular Republican machine politics==

{{stalwarts sb}}

{{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]]'':

[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Hayes shut out many Stalwart Republicans from federal patronage.]]

[[File:Rutherford Hayes by Huntington.jpg|thumb|left|225px|Hayes shut out many Stalwart Republicans from federal patronage.]]

{{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}}