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Rotation in Office and the Spoils System in the Nation
A lengthy 19th century examination of political patronage and rotation in office. It argues that frequent changes in appointments erode public service, corrupt elections, demoralize workers, and empower self-serving politicians, citing Navy yards, customs houses, and Congress as examples. It laments the lack of permanence and warns of its broader national damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Coyods Committee
Fleetions
Patrick Laffroty
United States
Buchanan
Lafferty
Nolo
Pennsylvania
Lincoln
Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Boliéts
John ‘Tylor
Joan Tyrer
Tyler
Johnson
Ita
John Stuart M
Jonckeshan
New York
Astor House
Blackwell's Islandia
Newport
Dononi
Col
Stone,Tyler,& Co
Iam
Gotz
Reading
Gazsite
Omnibus
Congress
Lecompton
Coyode
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Sickles
Lenning
Maclay
Lawrence ‘Cohaine
Haskin
Bftaskin
Cochaine
John Cochrane
Cochane
Bhitter
Otto
Lin
York
Brook
Ani
Brooklyn
Ortos
Randy Hook
Bendtor Trumbull
Ilingis
Secretary of the Treasury
Department
New York Custom House
St. Petersburg
Senate
Custom House
Tie
Russia
Mio
Sam
Bureau
Sania
Inddfati
Jenckes
Office of Construction
Treasury Department
Barker
Clark
Athor
Treasury
Thomas ‘Benton
Rollins
Internal Revenue
Hei
Twoo
Chico
Uncle Sam