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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...
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    Tamanend (redirect from Tammany)
    especially in Philadelphia. A Tammany society founded in Philadelphia holds an annual Tammany festival. Tammany societies (Tammany Hall being the most well-known...
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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    president. During the same period, 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Tammany Tiger may refer to: Tammany Hall, a defunct political organization which was frequently depicted by editorial cartoonists as a tiger The Winnipeg...
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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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    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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    the American Cartoon". He was a sharp critic of "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic Party political machine. He created a modern version of Santa...
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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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  • 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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    Five Points Gang (category Tammany Hall)
    gang aided city officials of the Democratic Party political machine Tammany Hall to retain power. At the turn of the 20th century, the only competitors...
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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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    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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    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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    Richard Croker (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    an Irish American political boss who was a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall. His control over the city was cemented with the 1897 election of Robert...
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  • members also called him St. Tammany, the Patron Saint of America. Tammanies are remembered today for New York City's Tammany Hall—also popularly known as...
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    1954 through 1965. When running for his third term, he broke with the Tammany Hall leadership, ending the clubhouse's reign in city politics. He also served...
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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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