3h 25min, jun 2, 1883 y - Pendleton Civil Service Act enacted
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The main significance of this Act was to take some of the government jobs out of political control. This was also put in place after Republican Garfield of Ohio was assassinated after a deranged man killed him, because he thought he deserved a job in the government. This would also be known as the spoils system.
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