It was not necessary to resort to the questionable expedient of an electoral commission to determine the result of that election.

It is safe to say that, but for the active support given the ticket in that campaign by General Grant and Senator Conkling, New York would have been lost to the party and Garfield would have been defeated.
With the election of Garfield the National House of Representatives was also Republican.

The majority was small, but it was large enough to enable the party to organize the House.

The Garfield administration started out under very favorable auspices.

How it ended will be told in another chapter..