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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... bills . Jenckes for the last time introduced his bill , which was again modified and again approved by Grant . Riding the crest of reform sentiment , Jenckes had enlarged the scope of his bill to match that of Schurz's - all officers of ...
... bills . Jenckes for the last time introduced his bill , which was again modified and again approved by Grant . Riding the crest of reform sentiment , Jenckes had enlarged the scope of his bill to match that of Schurz's - all officers of ...
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... bill , yet the senators from Mississippi and Arkansas , states without a reform movement , also unanimously voted for reform . Kentucky senators opposed the bill despite the existence of an association . " " The decision made by most ...
... bill , yet the senators from Mississippi and Arkansas , states without a reform movement , also unanimously voted for reform . Kentucky senators opposed the bill despite the existence of an association . " " The decision made by most ...
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... bill sponsored by , 17n ; and patronage problems , 19-20 , 81-82 ; revises bill , 27 , 43 , 60 , 72 , 86 ; speaks for bill , 28-29 , 30-31 , 43-44 , 47 , 57 , 60 , 72 ; re- port of 1867 , 29n , 46 ; of 1868 , 44-46 ; and increase of ...
... bill sponsored by , 17n ; and patronage problems , 19-20 , 81-82 ; revises bill , 27 , 43 , 60 , 72 , 86 ; speaks for bill , 28-29 , 30-31 , 43-44 , 47 , 57 , 60 , 72 ; re- port of 1867 , 29n , 46 ; of 1868 , 44-46 ; and increase of ...
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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