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Hayes' decision to remove Arthur from the New York Customs House angered not only Stalwarts but even elicited the criticism of Half-Breeds who questioned the wisdom of the action and had earlier stood side-by-side with the president.<ref name=ucf>[https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/osushistory/chapter/the-key-political-issues-patronage-tariffs-and-gold/ The Key Political Issues: Patronage, Tariffs, and Gold]. ''University of Central Florida''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref>

Hayes' decision to remove Arthur from the New York Customs House angered not only Stalwarts but even elicited the criticism of Half-Breeds who questioned the wisdom of the action and had earlier stood side-by-side with the president.<ref name=ucf>[https://pressbooks.online.ucf.edu/osushistory/chapter/the-key-political-issues-patronage-tariffs-and-gold/ The Key Political Issues: Patronage, Tariffs, and Gold]. ''University of Central Florida''. Retrieved November 20, 2021.</ref>

Any remaining hopes of a party renomination for Hayes in the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]] depended on support from potential Half-Breed allies. With this needed bolstering evaporating, he faced no chance of becoming the Republican nominee for the race.<ref name=ucf/> Half-Breeds instead turned their sights to Blaine.<ref name=npsbasicinfo/>

Any remaining hopes of a party renomination for Hayes in the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]] depended on support from potential Half-Breed allies. With this needed bolstering evaporating, he faced no chance of becoming the Republican nominee for the race.<ref name=ucf/> Half-Breeds instead turned their sights to Blaine.<ref name=npsbasicinfo/>

===1880 Republican factionalism: Grant vs. Blaine===

===1880 Republican factionalism: Grant vs. Blaine===

In the 1880 presidential election, Stalwarts led by Conkling who previously were steadfast allies of President Grant as Radical Republicans pushed Grant to run for an unprecedented, non-consecutive third term.<ref name=roscoeconklingbio1/> A number of loyal Half-Breeds pushed heavily for nominating Edmunds<ref name=georgeedmundsbio>Welc, Richard E., Jr. (1968). [https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/GeorgeEdmunds.pdf ''George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed''], p. 67–69. ''Vermont History''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref> while others supported Blaine. Both the Stalwart and Half-Breed factions were uniformly prioritized in their contempt for the other side, refusing to allow either Blaine or Grant to be the nominee.<ref name=levipmorton/>

In the 1880 presidential election, Stalwarts led by Conkling who previously were steadfast allies of President Grant as Radical Republicans pushed Grant to run for an unprecedented, non-consecutive third term.<ref name=roscoeconklingbio1/> A number of loyal Half-Breeds pushed heavily for nominating Edmunds<ref name=georgeedmundsbio>Welc, Richard E., Jr. (1968). [https://vermonthistory.org/journal/misc/GeorgeEdmunds.pdf ''George Edmunds of Vermont: Republican Half-Breed''], p. 67–69. ''Vermont History''. Retrieved November 28, 2021.</ref> while others supported Blaine. Both the Stalwart and Half-Breed factions were uniformly prioritized in their contempt for the other side, refusing to allow either Blaine or Grant to be the nominee.<ref name=levipmorton/>