...replacing the trustee vision with a profoundly egalitarian one. The duties of all public offices are. . .so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance;. . . more is lost by long continuance in office then is gained by their experience.'1 Any man — everyman...

...overcome this elitist system, Jackson offered a startlingly new conception of government employment: "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance; and I can not but believe that more is lost by the long continuance of men in office than is generally gained...

...its cue from Andrew Jackson himself who had told Congress that the duties of officeholders could be made 'so plain and simple that men of intelligence...readily qualify themselves for their performance'. According to Governor John Barry of Michigan 'plain men of sound heads and honest hearts are found...

...the formal and official defense of rotation was stated by Andrew Jackson in his first annual message: "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance. . . . In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any...

...rotation was stated by Andrew Jackson in his first annual message: "The duties of all public officers arc, or at least admit of being made, so plain and simple...readily qualify themselves for their performance. . . . In a country where offices are created solely for the benefit of the people no one man has any...

...(Homewood, 111.: Dorsey Press, 1978), 279-83; In his "First Annual Message," Jackson himself asserted, "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance." Dec. 8, 1829, Messages and Papers, 2: 449; "The Tariff—Its History and Influence," Democratic Review...

...managers. * B. BACKGROUND In his first annual message to Congress, President Andrew Jackson wrote, "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance." l Although the plain-and-simple approach may have been effective in the 1830s, it is far from satisfactory...

...managers. * B. BACKGROUND In his first annual message to Congress, President Andrew Jackson wrote, "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance."1 Although the plain-and-simple approach may have been effective in the 1830s, it is far...

...thinking closed the gap between the two, in theory and practice, at least for a time. Jackson asserted, "The duties of all public officers are, or at least...readily qualify themselves for their performance" (quoted in Nelson, 1982, p. 759). This philosophy greatly expanded the pool of fit candidates for administrative...

...as Andrew Jackson explicitly maintained when stating that "The duties of all public offices are ... so plain and simple that men of intelligence may readily qualify themselves for their performance."41 Talent and virtue were not necessary, nor even desirable, attributes for governors....