President Donald Trump showed his admiration for Andrew Jackson when, eight years ago,... The federal government’s core civilian workforce has long been known for its professionalism.

The U.S. is witnessing in these last couple of weeks with the firings of civil servants is an attempt to return to the old spoils system begun under Andrew Jackson in which workers were hired and ...

As we write in our book “How Government Built America,” newly elected President Andrew Jackson ... This became known as the “spoils system.” Like Trump, Jackson also had a version of ...

University of Richmond history professor Eric Yellin talked about the spoils system that existed before the formation of the modern day civil service. This discussion was part of the American ...

A cartoon of President Andrew Jackson atop a pig depicts his spoils system, which rewarded party ... where he served from 1829 through 1837. Considered a plum assignment, the job at the time ...

The United States has tried such a plan before. As we write in our book “How Government Built America,” newly elected President Andrew Jackson, after he took office in 1828, fired about half ...

As we write in our book “How Government Built America,” newly elected President Andrew Jackson ... This became known as the “spoils system.” Like Trump, Jackson also had a version of ...