15.5 - The Civil Service

Bipartisan

Includes members from both parties

Registers

Lists of those applicants who pass its tests and are qualified for employment

Patronage

Practice of giving jobs to supporters and friends (Jefferson)

Spoils System

Practice of giving offices and other favors of government to political supporters and friends (Andrew Jackson - "father")

Civil Service

Composed of those civilian employees who perform the administrative works of government (2.7 million people)