spoils system

Jackson used the spoils system a lot when he was president.

As president, Jackson encouraged the use of the spoils system.

The spoils system meant that jobs were used to support the political parties.

Others caution that parent power can make for a spoils system.

"We will begin to see the spoils system during the first full term.

Because of that he has been called the father of the spoils system.

Both are products of the new military, more a meritocracy than a spoils system.

He railed against the spoils system, and the press enjoyed him.

Modern variations on the spoils system are often described as the political machine.

How far can the new spoils system be pushed?

The situation was complicated by the American spoils system.

This was a strange concept in Illinois, where the spoils system had always been rather the point of politics.

Moreover, there are numbers of States and municipalities where very little has as yet been done to do away with the spoils system.

On the other hand, the spoils system breeds a class of men whose financial interest it is to take this necessary time and trouble.

The rules aimed to replace the political spoils system with objective measures.

There was nothing new about this "spoils system"; it had been practiced by every administration from the beginning of the republic.

This use of the spoils system allowed Presidents to reward political supporters with jobs.

In short, rotation of nominations was intertwined with the spoils system.

President after president continued to use the spoils system to encourage others to vote for them.

By 1900, most federal jobs were handled through civil service and the spoils system was limited only to very senior positions.

While Jackson did not start the "spoils system", he did encourage its growth for many years to come.

The Socialists are hardly alone in enjoying this spoils system; all major political parties do more or less the same.

MacDonald claims that he was simply discussing a hypothetical ethnic spoils system.

The spoils system created by the Democratic party was also part of Butler's political heritage.

It is the opposite of the spoils system.