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====Fueling the political career of Platt====

====Fueling the political career of Platt====

[[File:Thomas C. "Tom" Platt LOC picture.png|thumb|right|180px|Portrait of Platt.]]

[[File:Thomas C. "Tom" Platt LOC picture.png|thumb|right|180px|Portrait of Tom Platt.]]

In New York state conventions since the early 1870s, fellow Republican [[Thomas C. Platt|Thomas C. "Tom" Platt]] consistently worked to ensure Conkling's control of GOP politics, marshalling "Southern Frontier" votes in favor of the senator.<ref name=tomplattsnacbio>[https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rn3pvt Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910]. ''Social Networks and Archival Context''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> With the help of Platt, Conkling managed to prevent intraparty rival Reuben E. Fenton from seizing state GOP leadership.

In New York state conventions since the early 1870s, fellow Republican [[Thomas C. Platt|Thomas C. "Tom" Platt]] consistently worked to ensure Conkling's control of GOP politics, marshalling "Southern Frontier" votes in favor of the senator.<ref name=tomplattsnacbio>[https://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6rn3pvt Platt, Thomas Collier, 1833-1910]. ''Social Networks and Archival Context''. Retrieved November 19, 2021.</ref> With the help of Platt, Conkling managed to prevent intraparty rival Reuben E. Fenton from seizing state GOP leadership.