... modern civil service program, which prevented the rotation in office of officials appointed by one president, only to be reappointed by the next president. This reduced the practice of the spoils system by an incoming president, who ended up filling government jobs with loyal followers and people who followed view of himself and party. The civil service reform led to the reduction ... of the spoils system, which placed a certain number of jobs under the merit system and would not be subject of having an incoming president removing an individual that held the position in office. The prob...

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