Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883University of Illinois Press, 1968 - 306 pages |
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... Jenckes was elected reading clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives . He sided prominently with the conserva- tives in the Dorr Rebellion , serving as clerk of the Landholders ' Constitutional Conventions of 1841 and 1842 and ...
... Jenckes was elected reading clerk of the Rhode Island House of Representatives . He sided prominently with the conserva- tives in the Dorr Rebellion , serving as clerk of the Landholders ' Constitutional Conventions of 1841 and 1842 and ...
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... Jenckes's appointees looked after him just as he looked after them . " You will lose the nomination if you don't come home and see to it , " the Providence Postmaster warned Jenckes.15 Like all politicos of his time , Jenckes had a ...
... Jenckes's appointees looked after him just as he looked after them . " You will lose the nomination if you don't come home and see to it , " the Providence Postmaster warned Jenckes.15 Like all politicos of his time , Jenckes had a ...
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... Jenckes , by giving a position to his son.23 Whatever Jenckes's pretensions or beliefs , if he were to remain in Congress he had to dispense patronage wisely . Post offices had to be taken care of . " Stand by your Friends , " Fogg ...
... Jenckes , by giving a position to his son.23 Whatever Jenckes's pretensions or beliefs , if he were to remain in Congress he had to dispense patronage wisely . Post offices had to be taken care of . " Stand by your Friends , " Fogg ...
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 Ben Butler Bing Boston Burt Collection Butler campaign Carl Schurz Charles Eliot Norton civil servants Civil Service Commission civil service reform collector competitive examinations Congressional Globe Conkling Conkling's Convention corruption Curtis Papers Curtis to Norton Dawes December Democrats Department Despite Eaton Edwin Lawrence Godkin election favored February Garfield George William Curtis Godkin Papers Grant Harper's Weekly Hayes Papers Hayes's Henry Adams ibid James January Jenckes bill Jenckes Papers Jenckes's John Johnson July June 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 revenue Rosengarten rules 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