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Chester A. Arthur
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Chester Alan Arthur was the 21st president of the United States, serving from 1881 to 1885. A Republican from New York, he served as the 20th vice president under President James A. Garfield in 1881,
Arthur, c. 1880
Arthur, c. 1880
Arthur's birthplace in Fairfield, Vermont
Arthur's birthplace in Fairfield, Vermont
Arthur as a young lawyer
Arthur as a young lawyer
The New York Custom House (formerly the Merchants' Exchange building at 55 Wall Street) was Arthur's office for seven years.
The New York Custom House (formerly the Merchants' Exchange building at 55 Wall Street) was Arthur's office for seven years.
Spoils system
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In politics and government, a spoils system is a practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters, friends, and relatives as a reward for working
Chester A. Arthur
…assuming the presidency after Garfield's assassination. Arthur's administration 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 from abroad. Arthur was born in Fairfield, Vermont, and practiced law in New…
In memoriam--our civil service as it was, an 1877 political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing a statue of Andrew Jackson on a pig standing over "fraud",
In memoriam--our civil service as it was, an 1877 political cartoon by Thomas Nast showing a statue of Andrew Jackson on a pig standing over "fraud", "bribery", and "spoils" and eating "plunder"
Reports of a plan to appoint Alfred Balch of Nashville to be Solicitor of the Treasury led a Martinsburg, Virginia newspaper to comment that former Pr
Reports of a plan to appoint Alfred Balch of Nashville to be Solicitor of the Treasury led a Martinsburg, Virginia newspaper to comment that former President "A. Jackson, it is evident, can yet provide for his friends by billeting them on the Treasury." (Martinsburg Gazette, June 21, 1837)
News article ("The Proscribed and the Spoilsmen", May 12, 1841) listed beneficiaries of nepotism and political patronage who were given jobs under the
News article ("The Proscribed and the Spoilsmen", May 12, 1841) listed beneficiaries of nepotism and political patronage who were given jobs under the new Whig-party administration, including nephews and sons-in-law of high government officials, participants in the Buckshot War, and the "president of a broken wildcat bank".
"The seven stages of the office seeker", 1852
"The seven stages of the office seeker", 1852