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Arthur is credited with supporting the Pendleton Act which established the Civil Service. He was rather thrust into office when he was nominated for vice-president as a compromise, and then became president because President Garfield was assassinated. He had never before sought public office, but took over under difficult conditions and served honestly without much support from his party.

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