Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

The United States Pendleton Act established the United States Civil Service Commission, now called the Office of Personnel Management, which placed most federal employees on the merit system and marked the end of the spoils system. Drafted as a response to President James Garfield's assassination by a "disappointed" office seeker, the Act was passed into law on January 16, 1883. The Act was sponsored by Democratic Senator George H. Pendleton of Ohio, and written by Dorman B. Eaton, a stauch opponent of the patronage system who later chaired the first United States Civil Service Commission.

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United States - United States Civil Service Commission - Office of Personnel Management - Merit system - Spoils system - James Garfield - January 16 - 1883 - George H. Pendleton - Dorman B. Eaton - Patronage

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