Why was the Pendleton Act passed?

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Jeremy Matt · Answer 1 · 2018-04-12T05:58:44+0000

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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