Anti-Pinkerton Act
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first heard Nov 2025
last heard 15 Jul
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Legislation restricting federal hiring of private detective employees
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newest first · ▶ plays the momentJeremy BamberBoring History for Sleep · The Rise and Fall of the Pinkertons 🤠🔍 | America’s M... · 2:50:32 · 15 Jul
…In 1893, the United States Congress passed what became known as the Anti-Pinkerton Act, formerly titled as a provision prohibiting the hiring of employees of private detective agencies by the federal government.…
John HopkinsShort History Of... · The Pinkerton Detective Agency · 47:33 · 17 Nov
…The public outrage reaches Washington, and in 1893 Congress responds with the Anti-Pinkerton Act, a law barring the federal government from hiring Pinkerton agents or any similar private detective agency for work on U.S.…
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