spoilsman

spoilsman

(ˈspɔɪlzmən)
n, pl -men
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) politics US a person who shares in the spoils of office or advocates the spoils system
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spoils•man

(ˈspɔɪlz mən)

n., pl. -men.
a person who seeks or receives a share in political spoils.
[1835–45]
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Translations

spoilsman

n pl <-men> (US Pol)
(= supporter) → Befürworter(in) m(f) → der Ämterpatronage
(= profiteer) → Profiteur(in) m(f) → der Ämterpatronage
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References in periodicals archive
As Jefferson wrote in 1801, he endeavored to place "the interests of our fellow citizens in the hands of honest men, with understandings sufficient for their station." (6) No spoilsman was he.
"The Duty of a Wise Governments": How Patronage Served the Republic in the Second Party System
franchises in their streets became the mark of the political spoilsman
The political economy of city power
From then on for the next 25 years, New York was a battleground between the reformers and Tammany Hall pols -- a mighty contest that eventually pitted Andrew Green against epic spoilsman Boss Tweed.
Andrew Green's green legacy
The "spoilsman agent," Oskison argued, "was a politician, ignorant of Indian government methods.
John Milton Oskison and assimilation
An inefficient and ill-equipped working force long held under the heel of the spoilsman has been emancipated, organized, and brought to its best.
The cleaning of a great city
Raum, a loyal hack of the Illinois spoilsman John A.
Rutherford B. Hayes and the politics of discord
Devoti (American history, Philadelphia U.) takes on the task of disputing Polk's reputation as a spoilsman who appointed officers based on their party affiliation rather than their qualifications.
The Patriotic Business of Seeking Office: James K. Polk and the Patronage
Or I might live in a spoilsman society in which most of the good things in life (such as they are) are in the gift of the state.
One for All: The Logic of Group Conflict
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