Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883University of Illinois Press, 1961 - 306 pages Civil service reform was a major political issue in the post-Civil War United States. It made and broke presidents, would-be presidents, and a number of lesser political futures. No other American movement has claimed more intellectual and social leaders. Among them were Henry Adams, Carl Schurz, E. L. Godkin, George William Curtis, Charles Eliot Norton, Henry C. Lea, and Henry Villard. This books examines the reform movement using both standard historical techniques and the methodology of the sociologist and social psychologist to mirror the role of civil service reformers while showing the history of their movement. |
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... Conkling in support of civil service reform . Andrew Dickson White , Auto- biography ( New York , 1905 ) , I , 171. Chester Arthur was Conkling's personal choice for collector of New York ; within the limits of the spoils system he ...
... Conkling in support of civil service reform . Andrew Dickson White , Auto- biography ( New York , 1905 ) , I , 171. Chester Arthur was Conkling's personal choice for collector of New York ; within the limits of the spoils system he ...
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... Conkling's speech and manner of delivery made a profound im- pression on all present . " It was the saddest sight I ever knew , " Curtis wrote , " that man glaring at me in a fury of hate , and storm- ing his foolish blackguardism . I ...
... Conkling's speech and manner of delivery made a profound im- pression on all present . " It was the saddest sight I ever knew , " Curtis wrote , " that man glaring at me in a fury of hate , and storm- ing his foolish blackguardism . I ...
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... Conkling and Platt were not re - elected , despite the hold Conkling had had over the legislature only a short time be- fore . When Conkling's enemies failed to unite on candidates , he and Platt hung on through the month of June hoping ...
... Conkling and Platt were not re - elected , despite the hold Conkling had had over the legislature only a short time be- fore . When Conkling's enemies failed to unite on candidates , he and Platt hung on through the month of June hoping ...
Contents
JENCKES ASSAULTS THE SPOILS SYSTEM | 13 |
REINFORCEMENTS FOR JENCKES | 33 |
GRANT FAILS REFORMERS | 50 |
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Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883 Ari Arthur Hoogenboom No preview available - 1982 |
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