The spoils system, which rewarded political supporters with government positions, played a role in the assassination of President James Garfield by a disgruntled office seeker. As a result, his successor Chester A. Arthur supported civil service reform, eventually leading to the passage of the Pendleton Act in 1883, which established a merit-based system for government jobs.
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The spoils system gave politicians jobs to their supporters, but it led to President James Garfield getting shot by someone who wanted a job, so his successor Chester A. Arthur changed things and made a new law to give jobs based on merit.
