Don_Dickle to Today I LearnedEnglish · 7 months 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-up1295arrow-down18
arrow-up1287arrow-down1external-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 to Today I LearnedEnglish · 7 months agomessage-square32fedilink
minus-squareapfelwoiSchoppenlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·7 months agoStill seems to work that way.
Still seems to work that way.