The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is Signed into Law
Today, employment with the United States government is much like employment in the private sector. However, this has not always been the case. Until 1883, …
James Garfield
U.S. President James Garfield is Shot by an Assassin
One bullet grazed his elbow, but a second lodged in the back of President James Garfield, who was shot July 2, 1881, as he waited …
James Garfield Stated at America’s 100th Anniversary: “the People are Responsible for the Character of their Congress. “If that Body be… Corrupt, it is Because the People Tolerate …Corruption.”
As a congressman, James Garfield had stated at the 100th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1876: “Now more than ever before, the …