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====Conkling machine, declining vice presidential nomination====

====Conkling machine, declining vice presidential nomination====

During the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]], Morton served as a lieutenant to Sen. Conkling and his machine, which supported a third term for Radical Republican [[Ulysses S. Grant]] over the nomination of [[Half-Breed]] Sen. [[James G. Blaine]].<ref name=ussenatebio/> The Half-Breeds ultimately successfully pushed for the dark-house candidate James Garfield for the party nomination.

During the [[United States presidential election, 1880|1880 presidential election]], Morton served as a lieutenant to Sen. Conkling and his machine, which supported a third non-consecutive term for former Radical Republican president [[Ulysses S. Grant]] over the nomination of [[Half-Breed]] Sen. [[James G. Blaine]].<ref name=ussenatebio/> The Half-Breeds ultimately successfully pushed for the dark-house candidate James Garfield for the party nomination.

Garfield attempted to unite the Conkling and Blaine factions as a gesture of party unity vowing to support the Stalwarts' patronage.<ref name=ussenatebio/> When approached by Morton about potentially being on the party ticket as Garfield's vice presidential pick, Conkling declined, and the New York representative's similar subsequent turning down of the idea led to Stalwart [[Chester A. Arthur]] being handed the position.<ref name=ussenatebio/>

Garfield attempted to unite the Conkling and Blaine factions as a gesture of party unity vowing to support the Stalwarts' patronage.<ref name=ussenatebio/> When approached by Morton about potentially being on the party ticket as Garfield's vice presidential pick, Conkling declined, and the New York representative's similar subsequent turning down of the idea led to Stalwart [[Chester A. Arthur]] being handed the position.<ref name=ussenatebio/>