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Bookkeeper, businessman, political boss. William Magear "Boss" Tweed [note 1] (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878) was 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 the politics of 19th-century New York City and State .
Jan 2, 2015 · circa 1865: American politician William Marcy ’’Boss’’ Tweed (1823 - 1878), notorious ’’Boss’’ of Tammany society who headed New York City’’s ’’Tweed Ring’’ until his financial frauds were...
Jun 18, 2019 · William M. “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.
Jun 6, 2024 · Boss Tweed (born April 3, 1823, New York, New York, U.S.—died April 12, 1878, New York) was an American politician who, with his “Tweed ring” cronies, systematically plundered New York City of sums estimated at between $30 million and $200 million.
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William M. "Boss" Tweed ruled and plundered the city so shamelessly in the years right after the Civil War that his name became synonymous with corruption and...
Aug 18, 2011 · In the 1860s and ’70s, William M. Tweed — the apotheosis of big-city corruption — appeared to be unstoppable. Gorging on duck, oysters and tenderloin, he reigned supreme over New York City’s...
Tweed is the archetype of the bloated, rapacious, corrupt city boss. It is estimated that he and his associates illegally gained from $30 million to $200 million in their dealings with the city.
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