How One Gunshot in 1881 Built the Civil Service (Series 01 Episode 2 Short)

A man who wanted a government job shot President Garfield in 1881. Two years later Congress passed the Pendleton Act, which made people pass exams for covered jobs and made firing them for political reasons unlawful. Chapter three of Project 2025 now asks for more presidential power over who keeps those jobs. Every image is from the Library of Congress, and full credits are in the main episode's description. The full story is Series 01, Episode 2 of What Comes Next.