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Tammany Tiger may refer to: Tammany Hall, a defunct political organization which was frequently depicted by editorial cartoonists as a tiger;
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.
Saint Tammany parish, La., preserves the memory. The practice of organizing American political and military societies on an Indian basis dates back to the French and Indian War, and was especially in favor among the soldiers of the revolutionary army, most of whom were frontiersmen more or less familiar with Indian life and custom...
When Tammany Hall positioned itself to support the War of 1812 and to support the Embargo Act, many others who supported the war joined Tammany Hall. [27] In fact, during this time, because of its success in establishing political opinion, Tammany Hall was able to grow stronger and even gained support from Federalist members who supported the war.
Tammany Hall had dominated New York City politics from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 until the election of Fiorello H. La Guardia in 1933. [2] DeSapio was first elected a district captain in 1939, but was rejected by the leadership in the struggle between Irish and Italian interests for control of the organization. [ 3 ]
Thomas Nast's birth certificate issued under the auspices of the King of Bavaria on September 26, 1840 [1]. Thomas Nast (/ n æ s t /; German:; September 26, 1840 [2] – December 7, 1902) was a German-born American caricaturist and editorial cartoonist often considered to be the "Father of the American Cartoon".
Timothy Daniel Sullivan (July 23, 1862 – August 31, 1913) was a New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall.
Captain Isaiah Rynders (1804 – January 3, 1885) was an American businessman, sportsman, underworld figure and political organizer for Tammany Hall.Founder of the Empire Club, a powerful political organization in New York during the mid-19th century, his "sluggers" committed voter intimidation and election fraud on behalf of Tammany Hall throughout the 1840s and 1850s before Tammany became an ...