Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comexternal-linkmessage-square32fedilinkarrow-up1295cross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@zerobytes.monster
arrow-up1295external-linkTIL In the 1800s, individuals secured government jobs through connections to presidents, not by merit. This practice ended after a disgruntled job-seeker assassinated President James A. Garfield,www.americanhistorycentral.comDon_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agomessage-square32fedilinkcross-posted to: todayilearned@lemmit.onlinetodayilearned@zerobytes.monster
minus-squareDeceptichum@quokk.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·20 days agoTrue, shame he missed though.
True, shame he missed though.