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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Trump Wants To Reinstate Spoils System, Hiring Loyalists Regardless Of Competence
As we write in our book “How Government Built America ... This became known as the “spoils system.” Like Trump, Jackson also had a version of the “deep state” that he opposed.
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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 ...