They were led by James G. Blaine of Maine andwere the ones who opposed the Conklingites, followers of Roscoe Conkling, who was a U.S. senator from New York. Roscoe Conkling led the "Stalwart" faction in which he embraced the time-honored system if swapping civil-service jobs for votes. After this faction, the half-Breeds' problem with the Conklingites was about who should get the ladle that dished out the spoils
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