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James A. Garfield. James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 1881 until his assassination in September that year. A preacher, lawyer, and Civil War general, Garfield served nine terms in the United States House of Representatives and is the only sitting member ...
Death by hanging. James A. Garfield. James A. Garfield, the 20th president of the United States, was shot at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C., at 9:30 am on Saturday, July 2, 1881. He died in Elberon, New Jersey, two and a half months later on September 19, 1881. The shooting occurred less than four months into his ...
The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act is a United States federal law passed by the 47th United States Congress and signed into law by President Chester A. Arthur on January 16, 1883. The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political patronage.
After the U.S. Supreme Court allowed Senate Bill 4 to go into effect in Texas on Tuesday, that same night, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals put the same bill on hold.. There’s plenty to examine ...
The law, known as Texas Senate Bill (or SB) 4, was passed in 2023 and signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. It allows police in the Lone Star State to arrest people suspected of illegally ...
The Star Route scandal was a political scandal in the United States, stemming from allegations of bribery and bid rigging in the United States Post Office Department which came to light as early as 1872 and which were the focus of public scrutiny following the election of President James A. Garfield. There were no fewer than four federal ...
Bill Ratliff. William Roark Ratliff (born August 16, 1936) is an American politician and engineer who served as a member of the Texas Senate from 1988 to 2004. [1] Between 2000 and 2003 he served as the 40th lieutenant governor of Texas, after previous Lieutenant Governor Rick Perry replaced George W. Bush, who resigned to become president of ...
The 2003 Texas redistricting was a controversial intercensus state plan that defined new congressional districts. In the 2004 elections, this redistricting supported the Republicans taking a majority of Texas 's federal House seats for the first time since Reconstruction. Democrats in both houses of the Texas Legislature staged walkouts ...