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===Civil Service Act===
===Civil Service Act===
:{{Main article|Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act}}
:{{Main article|Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act}}
[[File:Garfild shot.jpg|right|300px|thumb|The assassination of President James A. Garfield spurred the end of the spoils system and installation of a permanent bureaucracy.]]
The experience of Reconstruction among Democrats, and the inexperience of a party at the crossroads among Republicans led to a general consensus throughout the nation to reform the spoils system.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/pendleton-act-inaugurates-us-civil-service-system-jan-16-1883-340488 Pendleton Act inaugurates U.S. civil service system, Jan. 16, 1883], by ANDREW GLASS, ''[[Politico]]'', 01/16/2018</ref> Democrats leaped at the prospect of controlling government offices without winning elections through a so-called "professional career bureaucracy." It seemed like a logical, "[[Progressive era|progressive]]" reform.
The experience of Reconstruction among Democrats, and the inexperience of a party at the crossroads among Republicans led to a general consensus throughout the nation to reform the spoils system.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/story/2018/01/16/pendleton-act-inaugurates-us-civil-service-system-jan-16-1883-340488 Pendleton Act inaugurates U.S. civil service system, Jan. 16, 1883], by ANDREW GLASS, ''[[Politico]]'', 01/16/2018</ref> Democrats leaped at the prospect of controlling government offices without winning elections through a so-called "professional career bureaucracy." It seemed like a logical, "[[Progressive era|progressive]]" reform.