When asked if he would support James Blaine for the presidency, this man snapped, "No, thank you.
When asked if he would support James Blaine for the presidency, this man snapped, "No, thank you. I don't engage in criminal practice." That response may have been due to Blaine satirizing his pomposity by calling attention to his "turkey-gobbler strut". After supporting James Garfield in 1880, he was angered when Garfield appointed a reformer to be Collector of the Port of New York, believing that his control of the New York patronage system was being undermined. To rebuke Garfield, he resigned his Senate seat in protest, along with Thomas Platt. Serving as a Republican for fourteen years beginning in 1867, FTP, identify this leader of the Stalwarts.
When asked if he would support James Blaine for the presidency, this man snapped, "No, thank you.
Roscoe {Conkling}