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Which President was the first to defend the custom of appointing supporters to federal office positions?
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Andrew Jackson was the first president to be strongly criticized for this practice and so was the first to be pressed to actively defend it. He was the first President who not a member of the Eastern establishment and so he did considerably more "house cleaning" than his predecessors had done.
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∙ 11y ago
Andrew Jackson was the first President to openly defend the custom of appointing supporters to federal office positions. Jackson believed in the spoils system, where political supporters were given government jobs as a reward for their loyalty and contributions to his campaign. This practice became known as the "spoils system" and was common during his presidency.
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