minus-squarecalabast@lemm.eetoToday I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL 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,linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·6 months agoHoly shit, it all checks out. President Garfield had a nephew named Rutherford B. Lasagna who he gave a high-ranking position to, just two weeks before he was assassinated. (source: my ass) linkfedilink
Holy shit, it all checks out. President Garfield had a nephew named Rutherford B. Lasagna who he gave a high-ranking position to, just two weeks before he was assassinated.
(source: my ass)