But for those appointments, in my opinion, the strong objection felt by her people to giving any President of the United States a third term would not have prevented her supporting him for renomination in 1880, a support which would have insured his success.
Hoar believes that if not for certain appointments, Massachusetts would have supported Grant's renomination in 1880.
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