William M Boss Tweed

While confined to new york s blackwell s island penitentiary in 1874 the man known as the boss had used his.

William m boss tweed. December 04 1875 image courtesy of library of congress former representative william m. Boss tweed was born william magear tweed on april 3 1823 on the lower east side of manhattan. Boss tweed in full william magear tweed erroneously called william marcy tweed born april 3 1823 new york new york u s died april 12 1878 new york american politician who with his tweed ring cronies systematically plundered new york city of sums estimated at between 30 million and 200 million. Tweed leveraged his power as a landowner and corporate board member to extend his influence throughout the city.

He was convicted and eventually imprisoned for embezzling millions of dollars from the city through political corruption and graft. Between 1868 and 1869 he led the tweed reign a group of corrupt politicians in defrauding the city. When he was 26 years old in 1850 he ran for city alderman but lost. Boss tweed william tweed head of tammany hall nyc s powerful democratic political machine in 1868.

Tweed of new york escaped from prison in new york city. Even from behind bars william magear tweed had found ways to game the system. On this date former congressman william m. 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 capture in spain.

Tweed married mary jane skaden in 1844 and in 1848 he organized a volunteer fire company. Boss tweed eventually ran the tammany hall political machine which controlled new york democratic politics. Tweed became a powerful figure in tammany hall new york city s democratic political machine in. 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.

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.