Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 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-square30fedilinkarrow-up1292arrow-down17
arrow-up1285arrow-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 · 3 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareEllia Plissken@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·3 months agothis is why Garfield hates mondays
this is why Garfield hates mondays