The civil service was once politicized. Then a president was assassinated.
Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a ...
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The Little-Known President
She thus created the first presidential library, setting the precedent for the collection of papers of the President for posterity. Garfield's successor, Chester Arthur, however, burned most of ...
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These notable inaugurations weren’t held at the US Capitol. Here’s why
Garfield at a Washington, D.C. railroad station. Garfield would not survive his injuries, making his vice president, Chester A. Arthur, head of state. On Sept. 20, 1881, then-Vice President Arthur ...
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How George Washington Carver National Monument became first monument dedicated to an African American and first to a non-president
In 1943 when Congress okayed the establishment of The George Washington Carver National Monument, it was a powerful tribute to George Washington Carver as a leading agricultural scientist, educator ...
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How a president's death helped kill Washington's "spoils system"
Worse still for reformers, Garfield's vice president, Chester Alan Arthur, suddenly elevated to the top job, had climbed the ranks of dirty machine politics, enjoying the fruits of the spoils ...