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Our nations 21st president, Chester A. Arthur.
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Chester A. Arthur, Garfield's Vice President and subsequent twenty-first President of the United States, did succeed in getting the Pendleton Civil Service Act passed in 1883. The act created a Civil Service Commission which classified jobs and required applicants to take civil service tests. The act also made it illegal to require government employees to contribute to campaign funds
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What ended the spoil system?
The law that ended the spoils system came with the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883
Who is the father of the spoils system?
Andrew Jackson
Who was called the Father of the Spoils System?
Andrew Jackson.
Term for opponent of spoils system reform?
stalwart
Does the spoils system still exist?
I don't know. Why does it matter? I'm not a politician!
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