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...
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George W. Plunkitt (redirect from Plunkitt of tammany hall)
both houses of the New York State Legislature. He was a leader of the Tammany Hall political organization, a vehement critic of the Civil Service, and notably...
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Tammany Hall NYC, also abbreviated THNYC, is an independent rock band based in New York City. Their music has been used in various television shows such...
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44 Union Square (redirect from Tammany Hall Building)
44 Union Square, also known as 100 East 17th Street and the Tammany Hall Building, is a three-story building at 44 Union Square East in Union Square, Manhattan...
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Mayor of New York City (section Tammany Hall)
reorganization established the New York City Department of Education. Tammany Hall, which evolved from an organization of craftsmen into a Democratic political...
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Fritz in Tammany Hall is a musical in three acts with music by Jean Schwartz, lyrics by William Jerome, and a book by John J. McNally. The musical takes...
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St. Tammany Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany; Spanish: Parroquia de St. Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after...
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Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was known euphemistically as "Dry Dollar", as the "Big Feller", and...
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William M. Tweed (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
an American politician most notable for being the political boss of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party's political machine that played a major role in...
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Jay Gould (section Tammany Hall)
was during the same period that Gould and Fisk became involved with Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that largely ran New York City...
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with the inauguration in 1855 of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution that dominated the city throughout this period. Reforms...
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Carmine DeSapio (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
American politician from New York City. He was the last head of the Tammany Hall political machine to dominate municipal politics. DeSapio was born in...
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DeSapio, leader of Tammany Hall, was assisting Costello and that Costello had become influential in decisions made by the Tammany Hall council. DeSapio...
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with Tammany Hall, Kelly and Eastman were ordered by the politicians to end their competition with a boxing match. It ended in a draw. Tammany Hall politicians...
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of other underworld organizations and led in part to the downfall of Tammany Hall and the rise of reformer Fiorello La Guardia. Ten years after his death...
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J. Raymond Jones (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
Jones (November 19, 1899 – June 9, 1991) was the last Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall, a New York City Councilman for Harlem, a district leader, ran the Carver...
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flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced to resign during a corruption scandal. Walker...
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Charles Francis Murphy (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
head of New York City's Tammany Hall, a position he served from 1902 to 1924. Murphy was responsible for transforming Tammany Hall's image from one of corruption...
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politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. From 1872, Tammany had an Irish "boss". However, Tammany Hall also served as an engine for graft and political corruption...
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giving support to Tammany Hall candidates. Representative John J. O'Connor, who represented one of the districts with the strongest Tammany influence and...
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Party's local political machine, Tammany Hall, because they accepted and included immigrants as members. Tammany Hall-affiliated street gangs also protected...
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Aaron Burr (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
in New York politics, largely due to the power of the Tammany Society (which became Tammany Hall). Burr converted it from a social club into a political...
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Lew Baker (section Early life and Tammany Hall)
Police Department who was simultaneously employed as a "slugger" for Tammany Hall. He was involved in voter intimidation and election fraud during the...
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Martin Van Buren (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
enjoyed support from the Tammany Hall machine in New York City. During this era, Van Buren largely determined Tammany Hall's political policy for New...
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Fernando Wood (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
United States House of Representatives. After rapidly rising through Tammany Hall, Wood served a single term in the U.S. House before returning to private...
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to Prohibition, and his association with the legacy of corruption by Tammany Hall. Hoover won a third straight Republican landslide and made substantial...
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corruption, he—like many other New York Democrats—was linked to the notorious Tammany Hall political machine that controlled New York City politics during his era...
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blatant corruption of the Tammany Hall machine in New York City, where the mayor, Jimmy Walker, was the puppet of Tammany boss John F. Curry, and where...
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Roosevelt", sending "cold shivers down the spine of Tammany". Roosevelt also opposed Tammany Hall by supporting New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson's successful...
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