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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Page 32
... passed the amended bill by a strict party vote . Later , a Senate - House committee rephrased the controversial amendment and vaguely required that Cabinet mem- bers be retained in office during the " term of the President by whom they ...
... passed the amended bill by a strict party vote . Later , a Senate - House committee rephrased the controversial amendment and vaguely required that Cabinet mem- bers be retained in office during the " term of the President by whom they ...
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... passed ; it included no specific instructions.29 After a long debate , which " convulsed " the country , the Senate adopted the first part of Trumbull's original instructions , relating generally to cutting expenditures , but dropped ...
... passed ; it included no specific instructions.29 After a long debate , which " convulsed " the country , the Senate adopted the first part of Trumbull's original instructions , relating generally to cutting expenditures , but dropped ...
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... passed Pendleton's amendment distributing offices " as nearly as practicable " according to state population . Charles Van Wyck , however , was certain the amendment would not be heeded if the qualification were left in . Speaking in ...
... passed Pendleton's amendment distributing offices " as nearly as practicable " according to state population . Charles Van Wyck , however , was certain the amendment would not be heeded if the qualification were left in . Speaking in ...
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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