| He is remembered as the political spoilsman who surprised his country with an honest administration. |
| Many a one, who aspires to direct the destinies of the State, achieves only the station of a political subordinate or spoilsman. |
| Punning on the political spoilsman, he produced three volumes of war correspondence from the viewpoint of a tipsy literary bohemian among the common soldiers. |
| In paying homage to his political spoilsman and teacher, he had only narrowly been spared a potentially disastrous appointment. |
| A cowardly banner held out by the spoilsman that would sell his country for a mess of pottage. |
| But he was certain to be a partisan, a spoilsman, a tool of Tammany Hall and its corrupt boss. |
