Patronage.
Assassination of James A. Garfield happened on 1881-07-02.
Garfield's assassination came first. The Pendleton Act was largely a response to the assassination .
Patronage.
Patronage.
President Garfield.
James Garfield
The assassination of James Garfield
President Garfield was assassinated on July 2 1881, badly wounded he died 80 days later.
No- he was never VP. He was an 8-term congressman when he was nominated for president.
He became the 21st President of the United States.
James Garfield was the second US president to fall victim to an assassin.
The Pendleton Act, passed under President Alan Arthur, was the first step towards Civil Service reform in the US. The act was motivated, in part, by the assassination of President Garfield by a disappointed offiice seeker.