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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. Tammany Hall - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  4. Thomas Nast - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Nast (/ n æ s t /; German:; September 26, 1840 [2] – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon". [3] He was a sharp critic of "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic Party political machine.

  5. How Donald Trump's Plans Could Bring Back the Spoils System - AOL

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    Political cartoon by Thomas Nast (1840-1902), depicting William Marcy 'Boss' Tweed (1823 - 1878) with a money bag for a head, c. 1871. ... it’s far more functional today than it was the 1800s ...

  6. Green Lantern: Evil's Might - Wikipedia

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    Boss Tweed: The corrupt head of Tammany Hall. William A. Carson: The editor of the New York Evening Graphic. Angus Kelly: Angus is the owner of a secondhand shop who is forced to pay the Bowery Greens ten dollars a week. He gave Kyle the old green lantern. He has his throat slit by Alan Scott.

  7. Orange Riots - Wikipedia

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    An 1871 cartoon by Thomas Nast, protesting at the political power held by Irish Catholics in New York City; the "crocodiles" are Catholic bishops.. The Orange Riots took place in Manhattan, New York City, in 1870 and 1871, and they involved violent conflict between Irish Protestants who were members of the Orange Order and hence called "Orangemen", and Irish Catholics, along with the New York ...

  8. Edwards Pierrepont - Wikipedia

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    After the American Civil War the Democratic Party under Boss William Tweed's Tammany Hall gained a monopoly in both New York City Hall and the New York Legislature. [15] Allegations of corruption rapidly grew as rumors spread that Boss Tweed and associates of Tammany Hall were laundering tax payers money in real estate and bribing New York ...

  9. Jay Gould - Wikipedia

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    They made its "boss", notorious William M. "Boss" Tweed, a director of the Erie Railroad, and Tweed arranged favorable legislation. In 1869, Tweed and Gould became the subjects of critical political cartoons by Thomas Nast. Gould was the chief bondsman in October 1871 when Tweed was held on $1 million bail.