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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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 ...
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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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Trump makes second stab at reworking Schedule F, reviving political spoils system
Donald Trump is, for a second time, trying to revive the political spoils system, this time with a new Schedule F executive ...
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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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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 ...