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====Conkling, Morton, and Arthur====
====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/>
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/>
Blaine, named to serve as [[United States Secretary of State]], called Morton "unfit" to lead the treasury.<ref name=levipmorton/> Conkling then traveled to Garfield's home town of Mentor, Ohio in lobbying for Morton to received the position, in addition to seeking the latter's exit from a Senate race he intended for ally [[Thomas C. Platt|Thomas C. "Tom" Platt]] to obtain.
Garfield attempted to maintain friendly ties by offering Morton a post as Navy secretaryship.<ref name=levipmorton/> He initially accepted, though winded up declining upon the urging of Conkling and Arthur.<ref name=levipmorton/>
==Death and legacy==
==Death and legacy==