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Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson (January 20, 1883 – December 9, 1968) was an Atlantic City political boss, sheriff of Atlantic County, businessman and crime boss who was the leader of the political machine that controlled Atlantic City and the Atlantic County government from the 1910s until his conviction and imprisonment in 1941.
Enoch "Nucky" Johnson: 1900s-1911—sheriff-undersheriff of Atlantic City; became boss in 1909; born in 1883, died in 1968 (85 years old). James "Jimmy" Boyd : 1920s-1970s—Fourth Ward boss ; Nucky and Farley's top enforcer ; born in 1906, died in 1974 (67 years old).
Died: Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, 85, American political boss who profited during the Prohibition Era by avoiding enforcement of laws against liquor sales, gambling and prostitution in Atlantic City, New Jersey during the 1920s; he was later convicted for tax evasion.
Enoch Malachi [1] "Nucky" Thompson is a fictional character and the protagonist of the HBO TV series Boardwalk Empire, portrayed by Steve Buscemi.Nucky is loosely based on former Atlantic City, New Jersey political figure Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson.
Kuehnle was convicted in 1911. After the conviction, Atlantic City's undersheriff Smith Johnson's son Nucky Johnson took the reins of the regime. Nucky led the organization for 30 years and led it to its highest point ever. He also became the secretary of the Atlantic City Republican Executive Committee, a very powerful arm of the machine.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Scattered across the New York City subway system, strewn between its millions of comers and goers, are thousands of long-term loiters, perpetual itinerants, and permanent subterranean residents.
James Howlett Boyd (November 5, 1906 – April 11, 1974) was an Atlantic City politician and criminal, who served under corrupt Atlantic County treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Johnson and New Jersey Senator Frank S. Farley.