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Nucky Johnson's Organization was a corrupt political machine based in Atlantic City, New Jersey that held power during the Prohibition era. Its boss, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson , coordinated the Organizations' bootlegging, gambling, racketeering, and prostitution activities.
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.
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.
But, soon Boyd started to move up to the chain of command in corrupt Atlantic City treasurer and Southern Jersey boss Enoch “Nucky” Johnson's organization. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Boyd and Johnson met around the time that Johnson and Charlie Luciano were forming the Big Seven and they took an instant liking to each other; Johnson began grooming Boyd to ...
Pages in category "Nucky Johnson's Organization" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
In 1941, Enoch "Nucky" Johnson, boss of the Atlantic City/Atlantic County Republican political machine, was convicted of income tax evasion and sent to prison. Farley, after a struggle with rival Thomas D. Taggart, Jr., mayor of Atlantic City, succeeded Johnson as the leader of the organization. [2] [5]
Nucky Johnson's Organization (11 P) P. The Purple Gang (10 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Prohibition gangs" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total.
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