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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
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"
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",
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
Charles J. Guiteau
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Charles Julius Guiteau was an American office seeker who assassinated the 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, in 1881. A failed lawyer suffering from mental illness, Guiteau delusi
Spoils system
…continued apace. By the late 1860s, citizens began demanding civil service reform, but it was only after the 1881 assassination of James A. Garfield by Charles J. Guiteau as revenge for the latter being denied a consulship that the calls for civil service reform intensified. Moderation of the spoils system at the federal…
Contemporary illustration of Guiteau shooting Garfield
Contemporary illustration of Guiteau shooting Garfield
President James A. Garfield with Secretary of State James G. Blaine after being shot by Guiteau, as depicted in a period engraving from Frank Leslie’s
President James A. Garfield with Secretary of State James G. Blaine after being shot by Guiteau, as depicted in a period engraving from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper.
The Webley & Scott 0.44 in. British Bulldog revolver Guiteau used to shoot Garfield.
The Webley & Scott 0.44 in. British Bulldog revolver Guiteau used to shoot Garfield.
Path of the bullet that wounded President Garfield.
Path of the bullet that wounded President Garfield.