Boss Tweed Tammany Hall And Tweed Ring
William marcy tweed aka boss tweed began as a new york city volunteer fireman but worked his way up the political ladder.
Boss tweed tammany hall and tweed ring. William magear tweed april 3 1823 april 12 1878 often erroneously referred to as william marcy tweed see below and widely known as boss tweed was an american politician most notable for being the boss of tammany hall the democratic party political machine that played a major role in the politics of the world 19th century new york city and state. William magear boss tweed leader of new york city s corrupt tammany hall political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s is delivered to authorities in new york city after his. Tweed won an important victory in the state legislature in 1870 when a new city charter was approved. Tammany hall 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 tweed ring was a small group of people lead by william marcy boss tweed who briefly ruled the gilded age of new york through tammany hall until. Tweed is known for the cronyism of his tammany hall political machine through which he bilked the city of new york of massive sums of money. Boss tweed american politician who with his tweed ring cronies systematically plundered new york city of sums estimated at between 30 million and 200 million. He was elected to the u s.
The organization reached a peak of notoriety in the decade following the civil war when it harbored the ring the corrupted political organization of boss tweed. Thomas nast became a hero for his crusade against boss tweed and the ring but it should be noted that nast was often fueled by his own prejudices. William boss tweed the tweed ring and the tammany hall organization tore through new york city with more corruption than any other politician in american history. House of representatives in 1853.
He was finally exposed by the new york times by the satiric cartoons of thomas nast and by the efforts of reform lawyer samuel j. Despite some overlapping membership there was a constant battle between these forces.