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Tamanend ("the Affable"; [3] c. 1625 – c. 1701), historically also known as Taminent, [4] Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, [5] was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan [6] of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the founding [7] [8] peace treaty with William Penn.
Tammany Ring by Thomas Nast; "Who stole the people's money?" / "'Twas him." James Watson, who was a county auditor in Comptroller Dick Connolly's office and who also held and recorded the ring's books, died a week after his head was smashed by a horse in a sleigh accident on January 21, 1871.
Tammany Society members also called him St. Tammany, the Patron Saint of America. [ 1 ] Tammanies are remembered today for New York City's Tammany Hall —also popularly known as the Great Wigwam—but such societies were not limited to New York, with Tammany Societies in several locations in the colonies, and later, the young country.
Beth Mizell (born 1952), state senator for St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington parishes since 2016; Randy Moffett (born 1947), educator; Bill Monroe (1920–2011), journalist, host of Meet the Press (1975–84) Greg Monroe (born 1990), center for the Detroit Pistons; Billy Montgomery (born 1937), politician; former educator
Tom Schedler, former state senator from St. Tammany Parish and current Louisiana secretary of state; Pat Screen, Louisiana State University quarterback, lawyer, and former Mayor-President of East Baton Rouge Parish; Ronal W. Serpas, Superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department since 2010
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.
The unincorporated areas of St. Tammany Parish, to the south and east, often called Slidell, experienced a storm surge of 13 to 16 feet (4.0 to 4.9 m). [13] On April 20, 2011, an Amtrak train derailed in Slidell which injured six people. On April 10, 2024, an EF2 tornado struck through the southern side of the city.
People from Slidell, Louisiana (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "People from St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.