FTP identify this New York politician who held his senate seat for 14 years and agitated for Grant's third term as the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican party.
Originally a Whig, his reputation would later be tarnished when his affair with Salmon P. Chase's married daughter was made public. A one-time mayor of Utica, after his protégé Thomas Platt resigned from the senate to support this man he was given the name "Me Too." His power was challenged by men like Reuben Fenton and when Chester Arthur lost his position as chief collector of the port it signaled the end of an era dominated by political patronage. Other political followers of this man included secretary of State Theodore Frelinghuysen who succeeded this man's worst enemy: James Blaine, leader of the Halfbreeds. FTP identify this New York politician who held his senate seat for 14 years and agitated for Grant's third term as the leader of the Stalwart faction of the Republican party.
Originally a Whig, his reputation would later be tarnished when his affair with Salmon P. Chase's married daughter was made public.
Roscoe Conkling