Civil Service reform.
The Assassination of President James Garfield
The Assassination of President James Garfield
Civil Service reform in the form of the Pendelton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883.Civil Service reform.Civil service reform.
The Assassination of President James Garfield
then assassination of president james garfield
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 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.
Chester A. Arthur pushed civil service reform after he became President due to the assassination of Garfield. It was not a popular idea with his political backers in New York and he did not get the nomination for a second term.
The assassination of President Garfield in 1883, by a lawyer who thought he had earned an appointment as ambassador, led to the Civil Service Reform Act.