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Conkling was asked by fellow Stalwart [[Levi P. Morton]] to join Garfield on the party ticket as the vice presidential pick, though declined; the post instead was given to [[Chester A. Arthur]], a close ally of the New York senator.<ref name=levipmorton/> During the campaign, Garfield made efforts to appease both sides of the GOP by vowing to meet the Conkling machine's demands, and won the general election over Winfield S. Hancock.
Conkling was asked by fellow Stalwart [[Levi P. Morton]] to join Garfield on the party ticket as the vice presidential pick, though declined; the post instead was given to [[Chester A. Arthur]], a close ally of the New York senator.<ref name=levipmorton/> During the campaign, Garfield made efforts to appease both sides of the GOP by vowing to meet the Conkling machine's demands, and won the general election over Winfield S. Hancock.
====Conkling, Morton, and Arthur====
Among Garfield's assurances towards the Stalwarts during the 1880 campaign pertained to the [[Secretary of the Treasury]] which oversaw the New York customhouse that the Conkling machine's patronage was rooted in.<ref name=levipmorton/> Morton chaired the campaign finance committee of Garfield under the pretense that the post would be given to him, only to be insisted by the president-elect in December of 1800 that the latter did not pledge any specific promises.<ref name=levipmorton/>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==