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• Spoils system
  In American politics, a '''spoils system''' refers to an informal practice by which a party after winning an electio During the [[First Party System]] a spoils system was pioneered by New York governors in the early 19th century, most notably
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• Spoils system/Approval
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• Spoils system/Definition
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• Spoils system/Related Articles
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• William L. Marcy
  ...ra of [[Andrew Jackson]], "To the victor go the spoils," after which the [[spoils system]] came to called. As Secretary of State, he asked U.S. European Diplomats
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• Spoils system
  In American politics, a '''spoils system''' refers to an informal practice by which a party after winning an electio During the [[First Party System]] a spoils system was pioneered by New York governors in the early 19th century, most notably
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• Hatch Act/Related Articles
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• Spoils system/Related Articles
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• Bourbon Democrats/Related Articles
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• Thomas McKean/Related Articles
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• U.S. Civil Service Reform
  ...placing them with his partisans in a controversial move. By the 1830s the "spoils system" meant the systematic replacement of office holders every time the governme ...Political reformers, typified by the [[Mugwumps]] demanded an end to the spoils system. After a series of party reversals at the presidential level (1884, 1888, 1
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• Mugwump
  ...-minded Republicans, and lead them to choke on Blaine's candidacy. In the spoils system, the winning candidate would dole out government positions to those who had ...were angered by the rise of machine politics, one aspect of which was the spoils system, and by the rising power of Irish Catholics in American politics. They exce
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• Jacksonian Democracy
  :; Patronage: Also known as the [[spoils system]], patronage was the policy of placing political supporters into appointed
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• Second Party System
  ==Jackson: Bank war and Spoils System== ...The Presidency of Andrew Jackson]. </ref> While Jackson did not start the spoils system, he did encourage its growth and it became a central feature of the Second
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• Party system
  ...of the franchise to nearly all white men (including many immigrants), the spoils system (the winning party gets the offices), and more democracy in state and local
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• Benjamin Harrison (President)
  ...r, Harrison supported [[civil service reform]] to supplant the traditional spoils system, high protective tariffs to foster industrial development, a strong navy, a
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• Italian support for Iraq during the Iran-Iraq War
  This did call attention to the "spoils system" in state-owned enterprises such as BNL. BNL's president and several direct
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• Grover Cleveland
  ...tion grew as it became apparent that the president's interpretation of the spoils system exempted rewards to party faithful. In the end, Cleveland's successor, Benj
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• Gilded Age
  ...in pushing turnout to 80%, 90%, and even higher. It was financed by the "[[spoils system]]" whereby the winning party distributed most local, state and national gov
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• Chester A. Arthur
  ...life and his public career, Arthur nevertheless was a firm believer in the spoils system when it came under vehement attack from reformers. He insisted upon honest
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• Republican Party (United States), history
  ...f Maine, pushed for [[Civil service reform]]. Independents who opposed the spoils system altogether were called "[[Mugwumps]]". In 1884 they rejected [[James G. Bla
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• Thomas McKean
  ...ernment positions. Because of that, he has been called the father of the [[spoils system]]. However, in seeking a third term in 1805, McKean was at odds with factio
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• Democratic Party (United States), history
  ...paper money), and faith in "the people." By his extensive use of federal [[Spoils system|patronage]], President Jackson removed old office-holders to make way for p
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• Theodore Roosevelt
  ...1895.<ref>Brands (2001) ch 10</ref> In his term, he vigorously fought the spoils system in which politicians gave out jobs to supporters. In spite of Roosevelt's s
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