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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... competitive examinations.27 Congress ruled in June , 1866 , that five nominees by each congressman be examined and the best selected for cadetship at West Point , but dropped this limited competition a few months later.28 The exigencies ...
... competitive examinations.27 Congress ruled in June , 1866 , that five nominees by each congressman be examined and the best selected for cadetship at West Point , but dropped this limited competition a few months later.28 The exigencies ...
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... competitive examination " and firmly opposed any reduction in his power of removal . Curtis continued to struggle for open - competitive examinations , which had " revolutionized " the English civil service , but prepared himself for a ...
... competitive examination " and firmly opposed any reduction in his power of removal . Curtis continued to struggle for open - competitive examinations , which had " revolutionized " the English civil service , but prepared himself for a ...
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... competitive exam- ination . Pending the Attorney General's opinion , the commission- ers adjourned . The fact that ... examinations . He had " a loose notion , not crystallized into an opin- ion " that the appointing power's field of ...
... competitive exam- ination . Pending the Attorney General's opinion , the commission- ers adjourned . The fact that ... examinations . He had " a loose notion , not crystallized into an opin- ion " that the appointing power's field 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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47 Cong administration appointments April Arthur Ashfield August Bing Blaine Boston Burt Collection campaign Carl Schurz Charles Eliot Norton civil servants Civil Service Commission civil service reform collector committee competitive examinations Congressional Globe Conkling Conkling's Convention corruption Curtis Papers Curtis to Burt Curtis to Norton Dawes December Democrats Despite Eaton Edwin Lawrence Godkin election favored February Garfield George William Curtis Grant Greeley Harper's Weekly Hayes Papers Hayes's Henry Adams ibid James January Jenckes bill Jenckes Papers Jenckes's John Johnson July June League letter Library of Congress March Massachusetts National Civil Service nomination Norton Papers November October officeholders Ohio opposed patronage Pendleton Act Pendleton bill Philadelphia political assessments politicians President President's Republican party Roscoe Conkling Schurz Papers Secretary Senate September Service Reform Association service reform movement sess Sherman speech spoils system spoilsmen Sumner tion Treasury Villard vote Washington West New Brighton wrote York Customhouse