@tanehisicoates Grant lived in period where there was really no sense (in USA) of civil service jobs based on merit.
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates Greeley's Liberal Republicans, for example, placed it ahead of Reconstruction. Grant decidedly did not.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
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@YAppelbaum @tanehisicoates Right. And from our point of view priority they gave to patronage (as against Civil Rights) seems myopic.
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