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Jackson Begins Spoils System

Partisan services should be rewarded by public office, though it involved the removal from office of competent and faithful incumbents.Continuing

It is delightful to observe with what a scrupulous conscientiousness the early Presidents of this Republic disposed of the places in their

From the many rash and careless remarks of General Jackson some readers have inferred that the General was not, at all times, master of his

This series has five easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Election of 1828.IntroductionAndrew Jackson was the quintessential

Today's installment concludes Henry of Navarre Ends French Religious Wars,our selection from Memoirs by Maximilien De Béthune, Duc De Sully

I observed to the King this disposition of the people with regard to him; tender and sensible as he was, he could not behold this spectacle without

Joutel found himself doomed to the company of three villains, who, he strongly suspected, were contriving an opportunity to kill him,Previously in

There was a numerous court at St. Denis, and all was conducted with great pomp and splendor.Continuing Henry of Navarre Ends French Religious

This series has four easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: Henry of Navarre Decides to Become Catholic.IntroductionFew periods in