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.
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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 ...
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 ...
The Charity Ball Board of Greenville has welcomed a new slate of members and executive leadership for the 2025 Rose Ball. The 28th Rose Ball will be Sept. 26 at The Poinsett Club. The following ...
Explore key historical events from Sunday, Feb. 16, to Saturday, Feb.22, including King Tut's tomb unsealing, Fidel Castro's ...
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