Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 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-square31fedilinkarrow-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@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareZipitydewlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·4 months agoEven that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.
Even that is still an understatement for how looney tunes this dude was.