After losing a  race for Governor of Ohio, he entered the Senate in 1879, but he  was driven from office after one term because of hostility to the  1883 Act that bears his name.
He was George McClellan's running mate in the 1864 presidential  election, and his advocacy of paying government bonds in greenbacks  narrowly cost him the 1868 Democratic nomination. After losing a  race for Governor of Ohio, he entered the Senate in 1879, but he  was driven from office after one term because of hostility to the  1883 Act that bears his name. FTP, identify this Senator who  sponsored the creation of a nonpartisan civil service.
He was George McClellan's running mate in the 1864 presidential  election, and his advocacy of paying government bonds in greenbacks  narrowly cost him the 1868 Democratic nomination.
George Hunt {Pendleton}