Spoils system refers to giving preferences to the party loyalist at the federal offices in-place of political opponents. Although it was used by Thomas Jefferson but it reached new height at president Andrew Jackson when he asked to remove for his entire cabinet including his vice president. The loyalty of a person becomes more important than merits in the spoil system.
"The Spoils System was also based on the democratic principle that anyone who held an office for too long became corrupt and led Andrew Jackson to advocate rotation in office. Jackson was a 'man of the people' and firmly believed that there were too many aristocratic, career politicians in the upper-class Congress that were out of touch with the American public."
