and there have been comparisons to the spoils system put in place by his presidential hero, Andrew Jackson. It’s an imperfect comparison, as I learned from Daniel Feller, a professor emeritus of ...

This became known as the “spoils system.” Like Trump ... Americans can expect government to be less competent – as Andrew Jackson learned during his administration. While this might not ...

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Andrew, then thirteen years old, joined the local militia as a patriot courier. At fifteen years of age, Jackson and his other brother, Robert, were captured by the British in 1781. Jackson’s face was ...

A cartoon of President Andrew Jackson atop a pig depicts his spoils system, which rewarded party members with government jobs. Bettmann/GettyImages Jackson was quite wrong about some of his ...

Trump wants the federal government to be more immediately responsive to his political aims, and there have been comparisons to the spoils system put in place by his presidential hero, Andrew Jackson.