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  2. Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Civil service reform in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The five important civil service reforms were the two Tenure of Office Acts of 1820 and 1867, Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act of 1883, the Hatch Acts (1939 and 1940) and the CSRA of 1978. [1] In addition, the Civil Service Act of 1888 drastically expanded the civil service system. [2]

  4. Presidency of Chester A. Arthur - Wikipedia

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    Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. [36] The bill created a civil service commission to oversee civil service examinations and outlawed the use of "assessments," fees that political appointees were expected to pay to their respective political parties as the price for their appointments. [37]

  5. Chester A. Arthur - Wikipedia

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    As a result, the lame-duck session of Congress was more amenable to civil service reform; the Senate approved Pendleton's bill 38–5 and the House soon concurred by a vote of 155–47. [151] Arthur signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into law on January 16, 1883. [151]

  6. United States federal civil service - Wikipedia

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    The United States Civil Service Commission was created by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The commission was created to administer the civil service of the United States federal government .

  7. Timeline of the history of the United States (1860–1899)

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    1883 - The Southern section of the second transcontinental railroad line is completed. 1883 – Buffalo Bill's Wild West show founded. participants include: Sitting Bull, Geronimo, Calamity Jane, and Annie Oakley. 1883 – Civil Rights Cases 109 US 3 1883 legalizes doctrine of segregation; 1883 – Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

  8. Merit system - Wikipedia

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    In 1883, the system of appointments to the United States federal bureaucracy was revamped by the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, which made the merit system common practice. [4] The merit system determines the fitness of the candidate by the ability to pass a written competitive examination, given by a commission of examiners.

  9. Assassination of James A. Garfield - Wikipedia

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    Garfield's assassination was instrumental to the passage of the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act on January 16, 1883. Garfield himself had called for civil service reform in his inaugural address [85] and supported it as president in the belief that it would make government more efficient. [86]