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| organized group that controlled the activities of a political party in a cit. they offered services to voters and businesses in exchange for political or financial support. after the civil war political machines gained control of local government in baltimore, new york, san francisco, and other major cities. |
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| the illegal use of political influence for personal gain. |
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| actual name is william m. tweed. head of tammany hall, ny city's powerful democratic political machine in 1868. he led the tweed ring, a group of corrupt politicians,in defrauding the city |
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| the giving of government jobs to people who had helped a candidate get elected. (spoil system) |
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| nonmilitary branches of gov. admin. |
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| republican president elected in 1876. he couldn't convince congress to support reform, so he used other means. he named independents to his cabinet and set up a commission to investigate the nation's custom houses'. he fired two of the top officials of ny citys custom house |
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| independent presidential canidate who was anOhio congressman. angered the stalwarts by giving reformers most of his patronage,The power to control appointments to office or the right to privileges, jobs once he was elected. |
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| He was appointed vp because they wanted to balance out garfield's ties to reformers. he was a supporter of conkling. |
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| Pendleton Civil Service act |
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| Happened in 1883 authorized a bipartisan civil service commission to make appointments to federal jobs through a merit system based on candidates performance on an examination. by 1901 more than 40 percent of all fed jobs had been classified as civil service positions. |
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| 1884 democratic party won a presidential election for the first time in 28 years with this man. tried to lower tariff rates but congress refused to support him. |
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| grandson of pres. william harrison. he is a Indiana senator and ran against grover.Harrison took a majority of the electoral votes and won the presidency. |
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