How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system"
In the 1800s, the main job requirement for most federal employees was loyalty to the newly-elected president. But after a ...
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Doris Kearns Goodwin: We are witnessing an attempt to return to the old spoils system
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 ...
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Making Connections between Andrew Jackson and Donald Trump
To Marcy, the phrase meant that the winning side in an election has the right to choose people to fill non-elected political ...
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AN ILLUSTRATION OF THE SPOILS SYSTEM.
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Trump Wants To Reinstate Spoils System, Hiring Loyalists Regardless Of Competence
A cartoon of President Andrew Jackson atop a pig depicts his spoils system, which rewarded party members with government jobs. Bettmann/GettyImages Jackson was quite wrong about some of his ...
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The Costs of Killing the Civil Service
Trump’s blitz against the independence of the civil service is undermining a core pillar of American democracy. President Donald Trump showed his admiration for Andrew Jackson when, eight years ago, ...
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When a House Painter Failed to Assassinate President Andrew Jackson, It Was the First Such Attempt in U.S. Presidential History
Duel pistols were no match for the White House incumbent, who fended off the assailant with his cane on this date in 1835 Laura Kiniry Travel Correspondent Andrew Jackson was exiting the U.S ...
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How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system"
He says that under that "spoils system," the main job requirement for most federal employees was … loyalty. It was a system inaugurated by Democratic President Andrew Jackson. "When he came in ...