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Grover Cleveland: There shall be four branches of the classified civil service, as follows: 1. The classified departmental service. 2. The…

On the recordJanuary 3, 1889
There shall be four branches of the classified civil service, as follows: 1. The classified departmental service. 2. The classified customs service. 3. The classified postal service. 4. The classified railway mail service.
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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