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   Pendleton Act
   In US history, a civil service reform bill in 1883 sponsored by senator George Pendleton (1825-1889) of Ohio that was designed to curb the power of p ...
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   Pendleton Act
   The Pendleton Act was an American act for the reformation of the American national civil service, introduced into the Senate by George Hunt Pendleton, of Ohio in 1880, but which did not become a law until January the 6th, 1883. It provided for open competitive examinations for admission to the publi...
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   Pendleton Civil Service Act
   (Jan. 16, 1883), landmark U.S. legislation establishing the tradition and mechanism of permanent federal employment based on merit rather than on ... [4 related articles]
   Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/38
   
   
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   Pendleton Civil Service Act
   This page is an archive of the discussion about the proposed deletion of the article below. This page is no longer live. Further comments should be made on the article`s talk page rather than here so that this page is preserved as an historic record. The result of the debate was delete. (One probab...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_Civil_Service_Act
   
   
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   Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
   The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act (ch. 27, 22 Stat. 403) of United States is a federal law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit. The act provided selection of government employees competitive exams, rather than ties to politicians or ...
   Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendleton_Civil_Service_Reform_Act
   
   

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