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.

Here’s the connection between our roads and the men for whom they’re named and why we we ended up with so many.

Model A, a popular early station wagon, captivated attendees at the 1971 Alton Antique Auto Association's car show.

Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...

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

America is a land filled with leaders who can instill greatness into every single person using nothing but the power of words ...

A 19th-century presidential assassination was a signature event in helping the U.S. establish a meritocratic system for ...

At that point, Congress decided things needed to change. Garfield’s successor, Chester Arthur, “only got his job as vice president because he was a product of the spoils system,” Jon ...