Senator William Marcy said it in 1831 or 1832.
Andrew Jackson
President Andrew Jackson came up with the idea of Spoils System and after the victory in 1828 elections he removed from service almost 10 percent of government officials to accommodate his supporters. This term has been derived from the phrase 'to the victor belongs the spoils'.
The Spoils system is a practice where a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its voters as a reward for working toward victory. I do not believe that this was an acceptable practice.
The spoils system evolved as way to get the most money from government projects. Those who won the contracts felt as if they deserved the "spoils".
James Garfield was the president who worked to limit the spoils system and was later assassinated.
Victori spolia
The Spoils System..."To the Victor goes the Spoils"
The original quotation was "to the victor belong the spoils" and was said by American Senator William L. Marcy, justifying the incredibly corrupt policies of President Andrew Jackson.
The cast of To the Victor the Spoils - 1912 includes: Yukio Tani as Tami
The term "Spoils System" refers to the practice of the winning politician giving government jobs and contracts to supportive associates, friends, and voters. Originates for the phrase "To the victor goes the spoils,".
The correct Latin translation of "To the victor the spoils" is "Victori spolia."
Andrew Jackson
The phrase is actually "To the victor belongs the spoils." "Victor" means the winner (in this contxt, of a battle or war). "Spoils" is short for "spoils of war" and means, briefly, whatever used to belong to the people that were defeated. In other words, the winner gets the assets that used to belong to the defeated party.
Senator William L. Marcy, 1832
The correct Latin translation of "To the victor the spoils" is "Victori spolia." Explanation: 'Victorem' is the accusative case of the 3rd declension noun 'victor'. Use of a noun in the accusative case, together with the pronoun 'ad ', means 'to' in the sense of travelling - eg 'Ambulavi ad victorem' means 'I walked to the victor'. The construction (ad + accusative noun) does NOT mean 'to' in the sense of giving. For that you need the dative case, with no preposition. The dative of 'victor' is 'victori'. The word 'spolias' does not, and never did exist. The ending '-as' is 1st declension accusative plural, but the Latin word 'spolium' (booty) is 2nd declension neuter. The word 'spolium' was usually used in the plural, and the plural of 'spolium', in both the nominative and accusative cases, is 'spolia'. "To the victor, the spoils" is thus "victori spolia"
"To the victor belongs the spoils" is the famous quote by New York Senator William Learned Marcy (1786-1857), recited in the U. S. Senate, 25 January 1832. The "spoils system" became popularly used after the speech.
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