History of the United States I / Unit 10 USH1 1369 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Rotation in Office
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The idea
Jackson removed almost fifty percent of appointed civil officers and appointed replacements, calling the practice rotation in office.
In practice
A stated principle that no man should hold an office long enough to think it his own.
Where people slip
His opponents called the practice the spoils system, after Van Buren's Bucktails in entry 1365.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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