The U.S. senator from New York who led the "Stalwart" faction and embraced the time-honored system of swapping civil-service jobs for votes. Opposed to Roscoe Conkling"s followers, the Conklingites, were the "Half-Breeds" led by James G. Blaine of Maine. The half-breeds' chief problem was... (look at half-breeds, it says it there)
The rpoblem between Conkling and Blaine, who was also secretary of state, occurred during the short presidency of Republican James A. Garfield in 1880.
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