FTP identify this man best known for a namesake bill passed in 1883 that required government employees to be evaluated by a Civil Service Commission before they could be hired.
This president of the Kentucky Central Railroad was appointed as minister to Germany by Garfield, a post he held until his death. Carl Schurz, George Curtis, and Dorman Eaton helped draft the legislation he is most remembered for, which came after he introduced a proposal for redeeming Civil War bonds in paper currency called the Ohio Idea. This idea proved unpopular and he was deprived of the 1868 Democratic nomination, perhaps he would have lost just like he did four years earlier as Mclellan's running mate. FTP identify this man best known for a namesake bill passed in 1883 that required government employees to be evaluated by a Civil Service Commission before they could be hired.
This president of the Kentucky Central Railroad was appointed as minister to Germany by Garfield, a post he held until his death.
George Hunt Pendleton