Outlawing the Spoils: A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883University of Illinois Press, 1968 - 306 pages |
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A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883 Ari Arthur Hoogenboom. partment reveals that the ... servants was short and uncertain in the 1860's . Although every department could point to civil servants who had been in ...
A History of the Civil Service Reform Movement, 1865-1883 Ari Arthur Hoogenboom. partment reveals that the ... servants was short and uncertain in the 1860's . Although every department could point to civil servants who had been in ...
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... civil service . " 4 The bill Jenckes introduced was patterned on British precedent . It would have encompassed all federal civil servants except those " nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate " and certain postmasters ...
... civil service . " 4 The bill Jenckes introduced was patterned on British precedent . It would have encompassed all federal civil servants except those " nominated by the President and confirmed by the Senate " and certain postmasters ...
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... civil servants , were decidedly op- posed . The remaining officers were indifferent or evasive in their answers . These figures indicated that reform would be supported strongly within the government service . People writing Jenckes on ...
... civil servants , were decidedly op- posed . The remaining officers were indifferent or evasive in their answers . These figures indicated that reform would be supported strongly within the government service . People writing Jenckes on ...
Contents
JENCKES ASSAULTS THE SPOILS SYSTEM | 13 |
REINFORCEMENTS FOR JENCKES | 33 |
GRANT FAILS REFORMERS | 50 |
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