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  2. William M. Tweed - Wikipedia

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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.

  3. A 19th Century Case That Holds a Lesson for the Trump Trials

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    Although Tweed’s first trial ended in a mistrial, prosecutors tried him again, the jury convicted him on multiple counts of corruption, and the political boss was carted off to jail.

  4. Tammany Hall - Wikipedia

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    Boss Tweed's New York. New York: Wiley Press. OCLC 925964624. Moscow, Warren (1971). The Last of the Big-Time Bosses: The Life and Times of Carmine de Sapio and the Rise and Fall of Tammany Hall. New York: Stein and Day. ISBN 978-0812814002. Mushkat, Jerome (1990). Fernando Wood: A Political Biography. Kent State University Press.

  5. History of New York City (1855–1897) - Wikipedia

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    Tweed was convicted of forgery and larceny in 1873. 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.

  6. Gilded Age - Wikipedia

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    The largest and most notorious political machine was Tammany Hall in New York City, led by Democrat Boss Tweed. [86] A Group of Vultures Waiting for the Storm to "Blow Over" – "Let Us Prey," a cartoon denouncing the corruption of New York's Boss Tweed and other Tammany Hall figures, drawn in 1871 by Thomas Nast and published in Harper's Weekly

  7. Muckraker - Wikipedia

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    One of the biggest urban scandals of the post-Civil War era was the corruption and bribery case of Tammany boss William M. Tweed in 1871 that was uncovered by newspapers. In his first muckraking article "Tweed Days in St. Louis", Lincoln Steffens exposed the graft , a system of political corruption, that was ingrained in St. Louis.

  8. Political boss - Wikipedia

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    1869 tobacco label featuring Boss Tweed. In the politics of the United States of America, a boss is a person who controls a faction or local branch of a political party.They do not necessarily hold public office themselves; most historical bosses did not, at least during the times of their greatest influence.

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    Former President Donald Trump gives new meaning to the word 'Don,' as in mob boss. Our View: Ron DeSantis can beat an absent Donald Trump in the Miami Republican debate. Here's how.