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Half-Breed Republicans (view source)
Revision as of 17:52, November 28, 2021
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Guiteau was found guilty of murdering Garfield, and sentenced to death by hanging.<ref name=npsbasicinfo/> He was executed on June 30, 1882.
Guiteau was found guilty of murdering Garfield, and sentenced to death by hanging.<ref name=npsbasicinfo/> He was executed on June 30, 1882.
[[File:George Pendleton Ohio.png|thumb|left|170px|[[George Hunt Pendleton]], author of the Pendleton Act.]]
===Half-Breeds push through Pendleton Act===
===Half-Breeds push through Pendleton Act===
The assassination of Garfield only damaged the cause of the Stalwarts, and its leader Conkling was blamed over Guiteau's actions. The new president, Chester Arthur, abandoned his past Stalwart roots and switched to support civil service reform,<ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref name=ucf/> allying on the issue with congressional Half-Breeds.
The assassination of Garfield only damaged the cause of the Stalwarts, and its leader Conkling was blamed over Guiteau's actions. The new president, Chester Arthur, abandoned his past Stalwart roots and switched to support civil service reform,<ref name=garfieldandarthur/><ref name=ucf/> allying on the issue with congressional Half-Breeds.