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its lame duck session and President Chester A. Arthur, himself a former spoilsman, signed the bill into law. The Pendleton Civil Service Act provided for...22 KB (2,416 words) - 18:57, 16 October 2023
New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Company. Spence, Clark C. (Spring 1968). "Spoilsman in Montana: James M. Ashley". Montana The Magazine of Western History...23 KB (1,333 words) - 21:31, 22 January 2024
government workers. For Arthur, previously known for having been a "veteran spoilsman", civil service reform became his most noteworthy achievement. A marble...134 KB (16,162 words) - 20:36, 13 May 2024
Stalwart, was sworn in as president that night. Garfield's murder by a spoilsman inspired the nation to reform the civil service—and Arthur, erstwhile...72 KB (6,304 words) - 18:30, 18 May 2024
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he supported Benjamin Bristow. Burlingame, Sara Lee. "The Making of a Spoilsman: The Life and Career of Roscoe Conkling from 1829 to 1873." PhD dissertation...75 KB (9,507 words) - 14:39, 23 April 2024
- From spoils + man. spoilsman (plural spoilsmen) (US) A politician who serves only for a share of the spoils. 1988, James McPherson, Battle Cry for Freedom
- lamentations of the press at the prospect of the accession of so convinced a spoilsman as himself deeply hurt Mr. Arthur, who felt that he was misjudged, and
- (1888). Had Grover Cleveland been a politician, with the record of a spoilsman behind, his promises would mean little. They might have deceived a few