... William Marcy's comment on the matter: "To the victors belong the spoils of the enemy." A notable beneficiary of such spoils and an old friend of Jackson, the infamous Samuel Swartwout was appointed to serve the government as a collector of customs in New York. Jackson ignored his advisors' repeated warnings about Swartwout's untrustworthiness, and the greedy appointee absconded from office ... with over a million dollars of government money. The spoils system distinctly reflects the immoral practices of Andrew Jackson's term as president and the crime of Samuel Swartwout serves as an e...

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