TammanyHall did not put Wood up for reelection in December 1857 in light of the Panic of 1857 and a scandal involving him and his brother, Benjamin Wood. [47]…
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TammanyHall, or simply Tammany, was the name given to a powerful political machine that essentially ran New York City throughout much of the 19th century. The organization reached a…
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TammanyHall, also called Tammany, the executive committee of the Democratic Party in New York City historically exercising political control through the typical “boss-ist” blend of charity and patronage.
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William M. "Boss" Tweed – the corrupt leader of TammanyHall, a political machine that controlled the New York state and city governments when the courthouse was built – oversaw…
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Tammany Hall, the New York Democratic political organization, is best known for its scandals, corruption, embezzlement, fraud, and rigged elections. At the heart of it all was William Magear Tweed,…
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TammanyHall leader William “Boss” Tweed and his cronies stole between $45 million and $200 million in city funds (a figure in the billions of dollars today), and Tweed accumulated…
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The riot was prompted after TammanyHall banned a parade of Irish Protestants celebrating a historical victory against Catholicism, namely the Battle of the Boyne. The parade was banned because…
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The Tweed Ring and TammanyHall become synonymous with corruption in American politics in the mid-nineteenth century. The leader of the groups, William Marcy Tweed achieved a position of power…
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William Magear “Boss” Tweed, leader of New York City’s corrupt TammanyHall political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s, is delivered to authorities in New York City after his…
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Tammany Hall was a political powerhouse in New York City from 1789 until its slow unraveling in the mid-1900s. Boss Tweed and others would become infamous for corruption and the…
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Tammany Hall , also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was an American political organization founded in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the Tammany Society. It became the main local political machine of the Democratic Party and played a major role in…