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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's electoral base lay predominantly with New York's burgeoning immigrant constituency, which often exchanged political support for Tammany Hall's patronage. In pre- New Deal America, the extralegal services that Tammany and other urban political machines provided often served as a rudimentary public welfare system .
Gerry was a notable member of Tammany Hall, the Democratic political machine of Boss Tweed, for more than 35 years. In 1867, he served as a delegate to New York State Constitutional Convention , but never again sought elective office.
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Isaac Vanderbeck Fowler (August 20, 1818 – September 29, 1869) was an American politician. He was thrice the Grand Sachem of the Tammany Society, better known as Tammany Hall, from 1848 to 1850, 1857–1858, and 1858–1859, the last term shared with William M. "Boss" Tweed.
In the early 1870s, as reports of Tammany's corruption spread, Tilden took up the cause of reform. [13] He formed a rival faction that captured control of the party and led the effort to uncover proof of Tammany's corruption and remove its men from office. Tweed was soon indicted and convicted; Tammany was weakened and reformed, but not vanquished.
On January 29, 1944 Loughlin was elected Tammany Hall Leader. Tammany Hall was the political machine of the Democratic Party and played a major role in controlling New York City and New York State politics, and helped immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise in American politics from the 1850s into the 1960s. [3] Tammany Hall, New York City 1944
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]