Republican (nationalist) President Arthur—without a constitutional amendment—signs the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the permanent Civil Service Commission.
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“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), 224.