During that era, nearly every commander in chiefs’ administration was committed to the preservation of the spoils system — the tradition of sweeping political patronage. The cronyism of the ...

Political cartoon by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), depicting ... and provided a label for the politics of the era: the spoils system. The spoils system propagated like a pernicious weed.

Jackson’s actions that rewarded political loyalists ... competence were unnecessary. A cartoon of President Andrew Jackson atop a pig depicts his spoils system, which rewarded party members ...

But a fight was underway to replace the spoils system with the hiring of qualified government workers, regardless of their ...

In the United States, the civil service notion took root in the late 19th century, in reaction to the notorious "spoils ... for political reasons and establishes the merit system in offices ...

In 1880, Charles Guiteau, a little-known lawyer from Illinois who fancied himself a Republican political operative ... Such was the spoils system, which ruled American politics from roughly ...

Trump wants the federal government to be more immediately responsive to his political aims, and there have been comparisons to the spoils system put in place by his presidential hero, Andrew Jackson.

Rowell of Bloomington. The spoils system came under frequent fire, though it was usually the political party out of power that did most of the complaining. The Progressive Era and its good ...

Congress enacted the legislation at a time of growing revulsion among voters over the toxic effect of the spoils ... the system of federal patronage as the primary means of financing political ...

As toxic as American democracy has become in 2024, it’s far more functional today than it was the 1800s when the shadowy bosses of political ... the spoils system. The spoils system propagated ...

Jackson employed members of his political party who pledged to march in lockstep with him and his policies. This became known as the “spoils system.” Like Trump, Jackson also had a version of ...