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George Washington Plunkitt, center. Plunkitt became wealthy by practicing what he called "honest graft" in politics. [5] [6] He was a cynically honest practitioner of what today is generally known as "machine politics," patronage-based and frank in its exercise of power for personal gain. [7]
In an example of their involvement in the lives of citizens, in the course of one day, Tammany figure George Washington Plunkitt assisted the victims of a house fire; secured the release of six drunks by speaking on their behalf to a judge; paid the rent of a poor family to prevent their eviction and gave them money for food; secured employment ...
While embezzlement and influence peddling are elements sometimes present in graft, the relationship is not deterministic. [citation needed] George W. Plunkitt coined the term "honest graft" ("I seen my opportunities and I took em."), distinguishing it from "dishonest graft" ("blackmailin' gamblers, saloonkeepers, disorderly people, etc."). [1]
Only three pundits -- George Will, Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck -- have gotten the PolitiFact treatment at least 10 times. I calculated averages for the nine pundits who had scored at least five ...
George Washington Plunkitt, who later became a Tammany Hall politician, was born in 1842 to Pat and Sara Plunkitt, two of the first Irish settlers at the western edge of the village on Nanny Goat Hill. [18] [22] This location was in the vicinity of a cluster of Irish-American households led by John Gallagher. [9]
George Washington, widely viewed as the first president, was elected into office in 1789 after leading the Continental Army to victory over Britain in the Revolutionary War.
The first phase of the rapid-fire effort by Tesla CEO Elon Musk and President Donald Trump to cut waste from government agencies appears driven more by an ideological assault on federal agencies ...
George F. O'Shaunessy – US Congressman; George Pataki – New York governor [50] Mike Pence – 48th Vice President of the United States; 50th Governor of Indiana; Tom Pendergast – Kansas City Democratic machine boss; James D. Phelan – San Francisco mayor, US Senator; George Washington Plunkitt – Tammany Hall member; Samantha Power ...