Republican (nationalist) President Grant—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Civil Service Reform Act, creating (for a two-year period) a federal commission, in an effort to curb corruption and patronage.
NOTE: The most effective to limit corruption and patronage to limit the federal government’s functions to those authorized by the Constitution for the united States.
[restored 5/7/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
Calvin D. Linton, ed., The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 201.
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