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Grover Cleveland: It is ordered,That the officers and employees in or under this office included within the provisions of the…

On the recordJanuary 11, 1897
It is ordered,That the officers and employees in or under this office included within the provisions of the civil-service law and rules be, and they are hereby, arranged in the following classes:
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Grover Cleveland
Democratic · New Jersey

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Executive Order—Civil Service: Classification of the Office of the President

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