| 21. | That's just the spoils system.
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| 22. | Hitherto, military promotions were a spoils system, where individuals favorable to the administration were given promotions, regardless of merit.
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| 23. | Thereafter the spoils system was largely replaced by a nonpartisan merit at the federal level of the United States.
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| 24. | "It's a spoils system.
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| 25. | He argued that the " Spoils System " largely enhanced by President Andrew Jackson was a testament to this heritage.
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| 26. | Following the election of President Andrew Jackson and the employment of the spoils system, Noble was removed from the position.
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| 27. | To select police supervisors, the city relies on Civil Service rules, which replaced the political spoils system with objective measures.
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| 28. | At first, McKean ousted Federalists from state government positions and so he has been called the father of the spoils system.
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| 29. | By 1900, most federal jobs were handled through civil service and the spoils system was limited only to very senior positions.
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| 30. | Like his earlier appointment to the custom house in Boston, this employment was vulnerable to the politics of the spoils system.
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