Its namesake was the losing running mate of George McClellan's 1864 presidential bid.
Its namesake was the losing running mate of George McClellan's 1864 presidential bid. Theodore Roosevelt served as the chairman of the commission created by it from 1889 to 1895, and it was written by Dorman Eaton, a lawyer who was once attacked (*) by a follower of Boss Tweed. Presidential appointees were covered in a later revision, and its original passage was spurred by Charles Guiteau. FTP, name this 1883 act passed in the wake of Garfield's assassination that placed federal employees on the merit system.
Its namesake was the losing running mate of George McClellan's 1864 presidential bid.
{Pendleton} Civil Service Reform {Act}