Tammany Hall And Boss Tweed Were Most Associated With
Boss tweed in the mid 19th century.
Tammany hall and boss tweed were most associated with. Boss tweed courtesy of the library of congress washington d c. Tweed leveraged his power as a landowner and corporate board member to extend his influence throughout the city. Throughout the world tammany became synonymous with corruption and was the subject of some of thomas nast s most effective cartoons. 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 april 3 1823 april 12 1878 was an american politician who as the leader of the political organization tammany hall controlled new york city politics in the years following the civil war. William marcy boss tweed by far the most notorious figure to be associated with tammany hall was william marcy tweed whose political power made him known as boss tweed. From rigged elections to using the muscle of the city s gangs tammany hall s boss tweed was the state s most corrupt politician in history. Tammany hall william macy boss tweed 1800s the most notorious political machine of the nineteenth century located in new york city and run by democrat.
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. Tweed died in jail but most of his confederates retained their wealth. Born on cherry street on the lower east side of manhattan in 1823 tweed learned his father s trade as a chairmaker. However tammany hall also served as an engine for graft and political corruption perhaps most infamously under william m.