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Pages in category "Leaders of Tammany Hall" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of 36 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Aaron Burr; C.
Liberal Republican Fiorello LaGuardia, a former Representative and a fierce opponent of Tammany Hall whom Hines had successfully forced from power in the 1932 Congressional election, [6] was elected mayor in 1933, and Tammany Hall's longtime influence over local politicians faded. [7] Hines would not fall.
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 .
In 1948, the college's president, Herbert John Davis, outlawed secret societies because he believed they were “undemocratic.” [72] [73] Davis required groups to stop “all official activities.” [72] [73] However, Smith College Special Collections says, “records indicate that both organizations continued unofficially until the mid-1960s ...
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
A Sachem was a paramount chief among the Algonquins, but the term also referred to the leader of the New York City political machine Tammany Hall. Until 1951, both societies published the names of their newly elected members in the Columbia Daily Spectator, as well as in The New York Times on occasions. [2] [7]
Fowler was an unusual leader of the Tammany Society as he was a college graduate. He also moved in the better social circles, and convinced a number of rich young men to join the organization. Fowler had long lived beyond his means, and on May 10, 1860, was removed from his office as Postmaster and a warrant was issued for his arrest, accusing ...
He replaced Charles Francis Murphy in 1924 as the leader of Tammany Hall. [3] Olvany was the first Tammany Hall boss to have received a college education. A popular story used to describe Olvany was as follows: A Board of Alderman meeting in the early 1900s was interrupted by a youngster who yelled, "Alderman, your saloon is on fire!"