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Why was the Pendleton Act passed?
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Why was the Pendleton Act passed?

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Following the assassination of President James A. Garfield by a disgruntled job seeker, Congress passed the Pendleton Act in January of 1883. The actwas steered through Congress by long-time reformer Senator George Hunt Pendleton of Ohio.
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