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James48

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2. The last President who had the power to offer jobs to his minions - Schedule F

Mon Apr 28, 2025, 03:03 PM

Apr 28

President James A. Garfield was assassinated by Charles J. Guiteau, a disgruntled office seeker, on July 2, 1881, at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. Guiteau, a failed lawyer who felt he was owed a government job for his support of Garfield during the 1880 election, shot the president twice in the back and arm. Guitar thought Garfield owed him a job.

Garfield died from complications of the wounds, including blood poisoning, on September 19, 1881, in Elberon, New Jersey. Guiteau was convicted of Garfield's murder and executed by hanging in 1882.

And, folks, is why we have a NON-PARTISAN civil service today.

But if Trump wants to be Garfield….

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Think DOGE was bad? Wait until Schedule F [View all] misanthrope Apr 28 OP

He's going line by line in the playbook. We have to stop him. Mr. Mustard 2023 Apr 28 #1

The last President who had the power to offer jobs to his minions - Schedule F James48 Apr 28 #2

There's still plenty of untreated mental illness in the U.S. now misanthrope Apr 28 #3

And the last President to implement Tariffs Dan Apr 28 #5

The door to utter corruption is wide open Hekate Apr 28 #4

Trump wants to bring back the spoils system Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Apr 28 #6