Reformers in the Republican Party, which dominated national politics in the 1860s and 1870s, had been calling for a professional, merit-based civil service since shortly after the Civil War.

The act of violence almost 150 years ago effectively gave birth to the civil service, that class of nonpartisan experts who ...

Drenka graduated from DePaul University with a minor in Asian American studies, and she’s the founder of Visible, an online ...

On the morning of July 2, 1881, a man wearing a black slouch hat and a tattered dark suit crept up behind President James Garfield at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad depot in Washington, D.C ...

This hour is all about America’s 21st president, Chester A. Arthur, who took office after President James Garfield was assassinated.

Worse still for reformers, Garfield's vice president, Chester Alan Arthur, suddenly elevated to the top job, had climbed the ranks of dirty machine politics, enjoying the fruits of the spoils ...

A century before Rosa Parks fought for racial equality on a Montgomery, Ala. bus, a brave teacher challenged racist streetcar ...

Guiteau had campaigned for Garfield, and believed that the president “owed” him. Worse still for reformers, Garfield’s vice president, Chester Alan Arthur, suddenly elevated to the top job, had ...

An old firehouse in the city of Hamilton was recently featured on Zillow Gone Wild, which showcases some of America's ...