How did the spoils system affect President James Garfield and his successor Chester A. Arthur?
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The spoils system, also known as patronage, was a political practice in the 19th century in which political supporters were rewarded with government positions, contracts, or other benefits. This system had an impact on President James Garfield and his successor Chester A. Arthur in different ways.
1. President James Garfield: Garfield took office in 1881, and he had previously been a vocal opponent of the spoils system. However, after becoming President, he found it difficult to resist pressure from the Republican Party's Stalwart faction, led by Senator Roscoe Conkling, who advocated for patronage appointments. Garfield faced immense pressure to reward his party loyalists with government positions. As a result, he made a number of appointments largely driven by patronage, including some against his own better judgment.
2. Chester A. Arthur: Chester A. Arthur was Garfield's vice president and became President following Garfield's assassination in 1881. Arthur, who had previously been a staunch supporter of the spoils system, surprised many by embracing reform and promoting civil service reforms. Arthur's change of heart was partially influenced by the assassination of Garfield, which drew significant public attention to the corrupting influence of the spoils system. Arthur ultimately embraced civil service reform and worked towards passing the Pendleton Act of 1883, which established a merit-based system for government appointments.
Overall, while the spoils system initially influenced both President Garfield and Vice President Arthur, it was Garfield's assassination and Arthur's subsequent presidency that led to a shift in sentiment towards civil service reform and the eventual abandonment of the spoils system.
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The failure of the spoils system brought on tragic consequences when in 1881 a frustrated office-seeker shot President James Garfield (1881) in a train station. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur (1881–1885), though himself a creature of the spoils system, worked to dismantle it. The Pendleton Act of 1883 initiated reform of the system by establishing a federal Civil Service Commission and creating a class of government workers (14,000 out of a total of 100,000) who now had to take an examination to be awarded a government job. Though limited in size, the Civil Service Commission grew in later years.
The system was further refined in the twentieth century. To further separate civil service from politics, the Hatch Act (1940) forbid civil servants from political campaigning. The Hatch Act was revised in 1993 to allow most civil servants to participate in political activity on their personal time. Measures like the Civil Service Commission and the Hatch Act have been successful in limiting the use of the spoils system in the political process, but they haven't eradicated the practice. The spoils system is still (unofficially) practiced in some federal, state, and local government offices.