Gilded Spoils On The Colonial Periphery: How Patronage Drove Nineteenth-Century American Empire

• In Event: Interests and Statebuilding in the Early Republic

Brief Overview

Territorial expansion after the Civil War contributed to a boom in the spoils system. Party regulars brought with them the mercenary political culture of their respective homes, and sought to turn fledgling political functions to personal profit.

Author

• Jeffrey Daniel Broxmeyer, University of Toledo