The assassination of president James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
then assassination of president james garfield
The assassination of President James Garfield in 1881 played a significant role in changing the Republican Party's position on civil service reform. Garfield's assassination by a disgruntled office-seeker who was denied a government job exposed the corrupt and patronage-based system in place. As a result, Republicans recognized the need for merit-based selection and began supporting civil service reform efforts, culminating in the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act in 1883.
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The mugwamps
The Stalwarts are a group of republican machine politicians who strongly opposed civil service reform.
The Democratic nor the Republican parties wanted to reform the civil service, as Rutherford B. Hayes did.