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Definition of spoils system. : a practice of regarding public offices and their emoluments as plunder for members of the victorious party.
Jackson's political opponents had a very different interpretation, as they considered his method to be a corrupt use of political patronage. And the term Spoils System was intended to be a derogatory nickname. The phrase came from a speech by Senator William L. Marcy of New York. While defending the actions of the Jackson administration in a speech in the U.S. Senate, Marcy famously said, To the victors belong the spoils..