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-square32fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down18
arrow-up1260arrow-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-square32fedilink
minus-squareZipitydew@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 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.