For 10 points, Andrew Jackson began what system of rewarding political supporters with public office?
Issues with this practice were raised when Samuel Swartwout absconded to England with a million dollars. Thomas Nast attacked this practice in a cartoon depicting a statue of a general riding a pig. The term for this practice derives from a William Marcy quote about the "victors" and the "enemy," and it was initially called "rotation in office." This system was supported by a faction headed by Roscoe Conkling, the Stalwarts, and opposed by the rival (*) Half-Breeds. This system was dismantled by the Pendleton Act after a man seeking to benefit from it, Charles Guiteau, shot president Garfield. For 10 points, Andrew Jackson began what system of rewarding political supporters with public office?
Issues with this practice were raised when Samuel Swartwout absconded to England with a million dollars.
spoils system [or political patronage; or rotation in office before read] &lt;JB History&gt;