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====Logan defends the spoils system====

====Logan defends the spoils system====

Following the 1868 results, Logan returned to [[Washington, D.C.]] for the lame duck session before Grant would take office.<ref name=p.33-34>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 33–34.</ref> During the Grant presidency, he opposed efforts to enact civil service reform, railing against a bill introduced by Thomas Jenckes as [[unconstitutional]]. He referred to it as:<ref name=p.33-34/>

Following the 1868 results, Logan returned to [[Washington, D.C.]] for the lame duck session before Grant would take office.<ref>''John A. Logan: Stalwart Republican from Illinois'', p. 33–34.</ref> During the Grant presidency, he opposed efforts to enact civil service reform, railing against a bill introduced by Thomas Jenckes as:

{{cquote|...bad in theory, wrong in principle, opposed to the genius and spirit of our institutions and our people, and probably unconstitutional.|||Logan}}

{{cquote|...bad in theory, wrong in principle, opposed to the genius and spirit of our institutions and our people, and probably unconstitutional.|||Logan}}