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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.
Record group: Record Group 111: Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer, 1860 - 1985 (National Archives Identifier: 440)Series: Mathew Brady Photographs of Civil War-Era Personalities and Scenes, compiled 1921 - 1940, documenting the period 1860 - 1865 (National Archives Identifier: 524418)
Shannon Lee Tweed Simmons (born March 10, 1957) is a Canadian model and actress. One of the most successful actresses of mainstream erotica, she is identified with the genre of the erotic thriller cinema. Tweed has appeared in more than 60 films and several television series. She was named Playboy ' s Playmate of the Year in 1982.
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Tweed Roosevelt (/ ˈ r oʊ z ə v ɛ l t / ROH-zə-velt; born February 28, 1942) [1] commonly referred by his initials T.R. [2] is an American businessman, family historian, lecturer and prominent member of the Roosevelt family. He is the son of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr., grandson of Archibald Roosevelt and great-grandson of President ...
The Times was founded as the conservative New-York Daily Times in 1851, and came to national recognition in the 1870s with its aggressive coverage of corrupt politician William M. Tweed. Following the Panic of 1893 , Chattanooga Times publisher Adolph Ochs gained a controlling interest in the company.
For his part, Gene has been with now-wife Shannon Tweed for four decades. In addition to Sophie, they have a son, Nick, 28. "It really doesn't affect us — we're so tight as a family," Sophie said.
William Franklin Holden (né Beedle Jr.; April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor and one of the biggest box-office draws of the 1950s.Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the film Stalag 17 (1953) and the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie for the television miniseries The Blue Knight (1973).