On June 30, 1882, a presidential assassin met his fate following his shooting of President James Garfield, a wound that eventually killed the 20th president. The National Parks service explains that even by nineteenth-century standards, “Guiteau was obviously mentally ill. He considered himself a…
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The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, enacted by Congress on January 16, 1883, marked a significant turning point in the history of the federal workforce. Prior to the Act, the federal government’s jobs were often distributed based on a system known as the “spoils…
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