Jackson used the spoils system a lot when he was president.
As president, Jackson encouraged the use of the spoils system.
Others caution that parent power can make for a spoils system.
By 1900, most federal jobs were handled through civil service and the spoils system was limited only to very senior positions.
Modern variations on the spoils system are often described as the political machine.
Because of that he has been called the father of the spoils system.
Both are products of the new military, more a meritocracy than a spoils system.
This was a strange concept in Illinois, where the spoils system had always been rather the point of politics.
We will begin to see the spoils system during the first full term.
The spoils system meant that jobs were used to support the political parties.