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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.
Tammany Hall leader John F. Curry and Brooklyn political boss John H. McCooey had joined ... 1870 – January 1871, editorial cartoons about Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall;
Pages in category "Leaders of Tammany Hall" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. ... William M. Tweed; V. Martin Van Buren; W. Nelson J ...
Tweed's fall put an end to the immunity of corrupt local political leaders and was a precursor to Progressive Era reforms in the city. [43] In this 1899 Udo Keppler cartoon from Puck, all of New York City politics revolves around boss Richard Croker. Tammany did not take long to rebound from Tweed's fall.
The Tweed Courthouse was seen as outdated by the 1950s, [98] and the city government filed plans in 1955 to demolish the courthouse [99] as part of the restoration of City Hall Park. [100] It was not until the 1950s, when Henry Hope Reed Jr. wrote about the building, that writers started to argue in favor of the Tweed Courthouse for its ...
From 1890 to 1892, Gilroy was the titular head of Tammany Hall, the organization's Grand Sachem. In fact, the boss of the organization continued to be Richard Croker, who was the organization's unofficial leader from 1886 to 1902. In 1893 Gilroy succeeded Grant as Mayor.
Nast's drawings were instrumental in the downfall of Boss Tweed, the powerful Tammany Hall leader. [39] As commissioner of public works for New York City, Tweed led a ring that by 1870 had gained total control of the city's government, and controlled "a working majority in the State Legislature". [40]
He became notorious as a central figure in the ring that controlled Tammany Hall, and was depicted prominently in Thomas Nast's cartoons alongside Boss Tweed, Richard B. Connolly and A. Oakey Hall. With Tweed, he was a director of the Erie Railroad, which became "a gigantic highway of robbery and disgrace". [2] Sweeny was also Director of the ...