Which president started the spoils system?

Answer 1

Willam Henry Harrison began the use of the spoils system on a national level, however, first use of the spoils system traces back to John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, and Thomas Jefferson. Andrew Jackson is often especially noted for being the first to make wholesale replacements of government workers with his own supporters.

Answer 2

Andrew Jackson made the spoils system obvious and carried it to a greater extreme. However, other presidents no doubt did more or less what Jackson did, namely get rid of people who were against him and replace them with people who were on his side. Jackson had more people against him than most and he had more people to thank for the office to which he had established strong claims to four years before, but which was denied by political dealing. He declared and probably believed that no special ability was needed to do government jobs and so they might have as well be his supporters.

Answer 3

Andrew Jackson first, then I think pretty much every Prez after him, too.

Answer 4

Andrew Jackson and his Democrats were the first to make it obvious by making wholesale replacements of federal workers with party supporters.

Answer 5

Andrew Jackson made the most obvious use of what became known as the spoils system when he replaced virtually all of the public officials under his control with his own supporters.