The assassination of James Garfield at the hands of Charles Guiteau finally prompted Congress to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Act. What was the goal of the Pendleton Civil Service Act? It was designed to shift the role of the Secret Service from working simply on conferfit and treasury issues, to that of providing the president with full time protection. O The Pendleton Civil Service Act sought to strengthen protections of the spoils system. This would allow for the president to reward political supporters with high level jobs. The Pendleton Civil Service Act sought to bring in a testing system to hire public workers. It however was also discimimitroy in nature, and allowed for the spoils system to continue under the guise of real reform. To end the spoils system, which had rewarded political supporters of the president. The spoils system had allowed for patronage to run rampant in the Federal Government, which led to inefficiency and corruption.

The assassination of James Garfield at the hands of Charles Guiteau finally prompted Congress to pass the Pendleton Civil Service Act. What was the goal of the Pendleton Civil Service Act? It was designed to shift the role of the Secret Service from working simply on conferfit and treasury issues, to that of providing the president with full time protection. O The Pendleton Civil Service Act sought to strengthen protections of the spoils system. This would allow for the president to reward political supporters with high level jobs. The Pendleton Civil Service Act sought to bring in a testing system to hire public workers. It however was also discimimitroy in nature, and allowed for the spoils system to continue under the guise of real reform. To end the spoils system, which had rewarded political supporters of the president. The spoils system had allowed for patronage to run rampant in the Federal Government, which led to inefficiency and corruption.