In politics and government, a spoils system (also known as a patronage system) is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives...

start the spoils system, he did encourage its growth and it became a central feature of the Second Party System, as well as the Third Party System, until...

Spoils or The Spoils may refer to: Looting or "the spoils of war", rewards gained through military victory Spoils system of distributing government jobs...

opposition towards economic and social gains made by blacks through the spoils system which pro-civil rights Republican "Stalwarts" shrewdly utilized during...

government service with their supporters, a so-called “spoils system.” In response to the corruption this system fostered, government job reforms were introduced...

political patronage. The Stalwarts were in favor of political machines and spoils system–style patronage, while the Half-Breeds, later led by Maine senator James...

political connections. It is the opposite of the spoils system. The earliest known example of a merit system dates to the Qin and Han dynasties. To maintain...

political patronage. By the late 1820s, American politics operated on the spoils system, a political patronage practice in which officeholders awarded their...

Machines sometimes have a political boss, typically rely on patronage, the spoils system, "behind-the-scenes" control, and longstanding political ties within...

professional workforce and end political bias and the corruption of the spoils system. Other critics, such as Mary Guy, have argued it threatens American...

Cronyism is a specific form of in-group favoritism, the spoils system practice of partiality in awarding jobs and other advantages to friends or trusted...

most cities in the US had a spoils system. Over the next few decades, the spoils system was replaced with a civil service system. U.S. state and local government...

the nation should build up its cities. Patronage – Also known as the spoils system, patronage was the policy of placing political supporters into appointed...

use of government jobs as patronage for party workers, known as the spoils system. Cities of 50,000 or more developed ward and citywide "bosses" who could...

as the spoils system, was the issue that angered many reform-minded Republicans, leading them to reject Blaine's candidacy. In the spoils system, the winning...

saw the largest expansion of the U.S. Navy, the end of the so-called "spoils system", and the implementation of harsher restrictions for migrants entering...

favoritism, and political patronage, which was often referred to as a "spoils system". Public administrators have long been the "eyes and ears" of rulers...

forced relocation known as the "Trail of Tears". He instituted the spoils system for federal government positions, using his patronage powers to build...

political influence, most especially from the padrino system. Corruption in the Philippines Spoils system, 19th century American equivalent Sriwarakuel, Warayuth...

People's Initiative Against Pork Barrel Pork barrel scam Porkbusters Spoils system Bickers, Kenneth N.; Stein, Robert M. (2008). "The Congressional Pork...

reward supporters and to pay off potential opponents. Financed by the "spoils system", the winning party distributed most local, state and national government...

James K. Polk, over issues such as the national bank and the election spoils system. Following the death of Hugh Lawson White in 1840, Bell became the acknowledged...

During this time, the Republican Party fractured on the issue of the spoils system in the federal government. Senator Roscoe Conkling led the conservative...

States politics, the system of political appointments comes from a history of the spoils system (also known as a patronage system) which is a practice...

government. This would be accomplished through the imposition of a spoils system via Schedule F, and directing the U.S. Department of Justice to go after...

energy across the nation. Garfield sympathized with them, believing the spoils system damaged the presidency and often eclipsed more important concerns. Some...

took office determined to reform the system of civil service appointments, which had been based on the spoils system since Andrew Jackson's presidency....

protectionism. Central political battles of this era were the Bank War and the spoils system of federal patronage. Presidents William Henry Harrison and Zachary...

power only if an act were unconstitutional, and to reverse Jackson's spoils system of executive patronage. He promised to use patronage to create a qualified...

will, but it functioned as political patronage and became known as the spoils system. Jackson spent much of his time during his first two and a half years...