Definition of Spoilsmen. Meaning of Spoilsmen. Synonyms of Spoilsmen

Here you will find one or more explanations in English for the word Spoilsmen. Also in the bottom left of the page several parts of wikipedia pages related to the word Spoilsmen and, of course, Spoilsmen synonyms and on the right images related to the word Spoilsmen.

Definition of Spoilsmen

Spoilsmen
Spoilsman Spoils"man, n.; pl. Spoilsmen. One who serves a cause or a party for a share of the spoils; in United States politics, one who makes or recognizes a demand for public office on the ground of partisan service; also, one who sanctions such a policy in appointments to the public service.

Meaning of Spoilsmen from wikipedia

- approached the office as a sinecure, Roosevelt vigorously fought the spoilsmen and demanded enforcement of civil service laws. The Sun then described...
- alliance with Senators Simon Cameron and Roscoe Conkling, considered to be spoilsmen politicians. In 1872, the Liberals nominated Horace Greeley, a New York...
- Historic Places: Asia and Oceania. p. 651. Jack L. (Leonard) Hammersmith. Spoilsmen in a "flowery fairyland". p. 71. 34°41′14″N 135°31′33″E / 34.68722°N...
- 2307/2205211. JSTOR 2205211. Atkins, Jonathan M.; "The Whig Party versus the "spoilsmen" of Tennessee", The Historian, Vol. 57, 1994] Barkan, Elliott R. "The...
- Press. ISBN 9780190619060. Foulke, William Dudley (1919). Fighting the Spoilsmen: Reminiscences of The Civil Service Reform Movement. New York: G. P. Putnam's...
- investigate the New York Custom House, which was stacked with Conkling's spoilsmen. Jay's report suggested that the New York Custom House was so overstaffed...
- Dortch Longstreet photograph collection, [ca. 1920-1940]. Trail of the spoilsmen in the Gainesville, Ga., Post Office, 1922(?) The Great American: General...
- Retrieved 2 January 2023. Smith (2001), p. 589 Foulke, W. D. Fighting the spoilsmen: reminiscences of the civil service reform movement (New York: G.P. Putnam's...
- 19–58. doi:10.2307/2210719. JSTOR 2210719. Freehling, William W. (1965). "Spoilsmen and Interests in the Thought and Career of John C. Calhoun". Journal of...
- History 46(4):345-359. DOI:10.1353/lac.2011.0025 Bleisch, Pamela R. 2010. “Spoilsmen and Daughters of the Republic: Political Interference in the Texas State...