Editing Levi P. Morton (section)

=== U.S. Senate candidate===
[[File:Levi Parsons Morson (U.S. Vice President, 1889-1893).jpg|thumb|left|Carte-de-visite photo, {{circa}} 1882]]
After returning to the United States, Morton was a candidate for [[1885 United States Senate election in New York|U.S. Senator in 1885]].<ref name="Red_Book"/>  He lost the Republican nomination to [[William M. Evarts]], who went on to win election by the full New York State Legislature.<ref name="Red_Book"/>  He was again a candidate [[1887 United States Senate election in New York|in 1887]].<ref name="Red_Book"/>  Republicans controlled the legislature, meaning their nominee would win the election.<ref name="Red_Book"/> Incumbent [[Warner Miller]] was recognized as a member of the [[Half-Breeds (politics)|Half-Breed]] faction, and had succeeded state Republican boss [[Thomas C. Platt]] in the Senate.<ref name="Red_Book"/> Platt had succeeded Conkling as leader of the Stalwarts, and was determined to see Miller defeated, so he backed Morton against Miller.<ref name="Platt">{{cite book |last=Platt |first=Thomas C. |date=1910 |title=The Autobiography of Thomas Collier Platt |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oGWTAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA187 |location=New York |publisher=B. W. Dodge & Company |pages=187–192 |isbn=9781404783171 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> A third candidate, [[Frank Hiscock]], was not affiliated with either faction and had little initial support.<ref name="Platt"/> After 17 ballots failed to produce a nominee, Morton withdrew and asked his supporters to back Hiscock to ensure that Miller would not be reelected.<ref name="Red_Book"/>  Hiscock was chosen on the 18th ballot, and won the election by defeating Democrat [[Smith Mead Weed]].<ref name="Brown"/>{{rp|326–327}}