Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
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title:
Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
text:
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is a United States federal law passed by the 47th United States Congress and signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur on January 16, 1883. The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage. By the late 1820s, American politics operated on the spoils system, a political patronage practice in which officeholders awarded their allies with government jobs in return for
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1883 United States federal law
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act
date created:
2002-06-09T10:05:00Z
date modified:
2024-09-06T13:57:41Z
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