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===Arthur signs the Pendleton Act===
===Arthur signs the Pendleton Act===
[[File:Chester Alan Arthur by Huntington.jpg|thumb|right|220px|President [[Chester Arthur]], a previous Stalwart who signed the [[Pendleton Act]] into law.]]
The newly sworn president, Arthur, was expected by many to act on his Stalwart roots against civil service reform.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Congressional Half-Breeds in addition to a number of Jim Crow Democrats led by [[Ohio]] senator [[George H. Pendleton]] drafted and pushed through the [[Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]], which itself only dealt with 11% of federal employee posts though created a Civil Service Commission to dismantle patronage machines over time.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>
The newly sworn president, Arthur, was expected by many to act on his Stalwart roots against civil service reform.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/> Congressional Half-Breeds in addition to a number of Jim Crow Democrats led by [[Ohio]] senator [[George H. Pendleton]] drafted and pushed through the [[Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act]], which itself only dealt with 11% of federal employee posts though created a Civil Service Commission to dismantle patronage machines over time.<ref name=garfieldandarthur/>