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The Stalwarts were a faction of the United States Republican Party toward the end of the 19th century.Led by U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling—also known as Lord Roscoe—Stalwarts were sometimes called Conklingites. Other notable Stalwarts include Chester A. Arthur and Thomas C. Platt who were in favor of Ulysses S. Grant the eighteenth President of the United States (1869–1877) running for a third term. They were the traditional Republicans who opposed Rutherford B.