Roscoe Conkling political machine

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The Roscoe Conkling political machine was a powerful late-19th-century Republican patronage network centered in New York that championed the Stalwart faction’s defense of the spoils system and party loyalty.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Republican Party factional organization ⓘ
political machine ⓘ
associatedWithFaction Stalwart faction ⓘ
associatedWithOfficeholder Chester A. Arthur as Collector of the Port of New York ⓘ
Roscoe Conkling as U.S. Senator from New York ⓘ
linked to: Roscoe Conkling
basedIn New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
characterizedAs Stalwart stronghold in New York ⓘ
defender of traditional spoils system ⓘ
corePrinciple party loyalty ⓘ
patronage distribution ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
declineFactor Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act ⓘ
diminished federal patronage power in New York ⓘ
rise of civil service reform ⓘ
goal maintain control over Republican nominations in New York ⓘ
preserve Stalwart influence in national Republican politics ⓘ
secure federal jobs for loyal Republicans ⓘ
historicalContext Gilded Age politics ⓘ
ideology Stalwart Republicanism ⓘ
influencedOffice New York Custom House ⓘ
customs house appointments ⓘ
federal appointments in New York ⓘ
leader Roscoe Conkling ⓘ
notableEventAssociation Roscoe Conkling’s 1881 resignation from the U.S. Senate ⓘ
notableMember Chester A. Arthur ⓘ
Roscoe Conkling ⓘ
Thomas C. Platt ⓘ
opposesPolicy civil service reform ⓘ
politicalAlignment Republican Party ⓘ
politicalOpposition Half-Breed faction of the Republican Party ⓘ
President James A. Garfield’s patronage policies ⓘ
civil service reformers ⓘ
politicalStrategy blocking civil service reform measures ⓘ
control of federal patronage ⓘ
rewarding loyal party workers ⓘ
powerBase New York Republican organization ⓘ
federal patronage in New York ⓘ
regionOfInfluence New York State Republican Party ⓘ
federal government patronage in New York ⓘ
supportsPolicy patronage ⓘ
spoils system ⓘ
timePeriod late 19th century ⓘ
usedMechanism appointment to government jobs ⓘ
control of customs revenues ⓘ
party discipline enforcement ⓘ

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Stalwart faction of the Republican Party → supportedBy → Roscoe Conkling political machine ⓘ