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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... officeholders - triumphed in early precon- vention maneuvering over the similar machine of Salmon P. Chase . The attempt to focus public attention on the civil service did not prevent Lincoln's nomination.22 Having long written of his ...
... officeholders - triumphed in early precon- vention maneuvering over the similar machine of Salmon P. Chase . The attempt to focus public attention on the civil service did not prevent Lincoln's nomination.22 Having long written of his ...
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... officeholders , but also , unknown to Garfield , in defrauding the Post Office of large sums of money . Assessments were systematically levied during the cam- paign , and if an officeholder failed to " contribute voluntarily " he was ...
... officeholders , but also , unknown to Garfield , in defrauding the Post Office of large sums of money . Assessments were systematically levied during the cam- paign , and if an officeholder failed to " contribute voluntarily " he was ...
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... officeholders that response to the circular would render them liable to prosecution . The association's action was criticized by the Philadelphia Record , a strongly anti- assessment paper , which said it was absurd to place officeholders ...
... officeholders that response to the circular would render them liable to prosecution . The association's action was criticized by the Philadelphia Record , a strongly anti- assessment paper , which said it was absurd to place officeholders ...
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