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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.

Platt was elected to the U.S. House in 1872 and re-elected in the 1874 midterms, though retired in 1876, when he attended the Republican National Convention that year for the first time.<ref name=tomplattsnacbio/> Platt pushed through an ultimately unsuccessful movement to nominate for president Conkling himself, who appreciated the former's steadfast loyalty and handed Platt a position as Republican State Committee chairman.<ref name=tomplattsnacbio/>

Platt was elected to the U.S. House in 1872 and re-elected in the 1874 midterms, though retired in 1876, when he attended the Republican National Convention that year for the first time.<ref name=tomplattsnacbio/> Platt pushed through an ultimately unsuccessful movement to nominate for president Conkling himself, who appreciated the former's steadfast loyalty and handed Platt a position as Republican State Committee chairman.<ref name=tomplattsnacbio/> He then became a party boss as well, and his gained experience in party management would fuel his later career.

====Intraparty dispute, 1880====

====Intraparty dispute, 1880====