Andrew Jackson Implementing The Spoils System Analysis

Andrew Jackson, Jackson hereafter, had ulterior motives when he went about implementing the Spoils System. He wanted to employ people who were underqualified for their jobs in order to increase his power as the head of the still very new United States of America. His vendetta was to get as far ahead as he could while he was in office so as to fulfill the ideals of the Federalists, or to gain personal wealth and esteem.
Jackson was not the first president to employ the Spoils System as a way to fill cabinet jobs and congressional seats, however he replaced about twenty percent of officials with representatives who had been loyal to him and therefore caused the system to earn its name. Loyal representatives ensured, for the most part, that

Jackson could pass any bill which he saw fit for the betterment of the Federalists. The ability to control his congress and cabinet gave him as much power as a single man could have in a republic.
Jackson’s personal system was called “rotation in office”. He would periodically replace officials who had opposed him and appoint people who he thought were not educated enough to oppose his ideas and therefore give him free reign to do what he pleased. Jackson maintained the cover that he preferred to get “fresh blood” in congress every so often, but it was widely known that those replaced did not share his ideals. His many critics said that Jackson was “corrupting the impartiality” of his representatives by making them think that they must agree with him in order to keep their jobs.
Throughout his years in office, Jackson used the Spoils System to reward those who had been loyal to him as a politician before he came to office. He chose uneducated men with no experience in politics as his cabinet and congress members. This allowed him to do whatever he thought was best because few were willing to oppose him in order to save their jobs, and often many of them didn’t really know what would be best in the first place. Through all of this, Jackson managed to gain as much power as possible while still keeping the love of his supporters.