Boss Tweed And Tammany Hall
Although its popularity stemmed from a willingness to help the city s poor and immigrant populations tammany hall became known for charges of corruption levied against leaders such as william m.
Boss tweed and tammany hall. Boss tweed was perhaps tammany hall s most corrupt and most dominant boss. William magear boss tweed leader of new york city s corrupt tammany hall political organization during the 1860s and early 1870s is delivered to authorities in new york city after his capture in spain. He served as boss from 1866 to 1871 plundering new york city and in the process developing the first real. By far the most notorious figure to be associated with tammany hall was william marcy tweed whose political power made him known as boss tweed.
Tweed became a powerful figure in tammany hall new york city s democratic political machine in the late 1850s. The name was derived from a pre revolutionary association named after tammanend a wise and benevolent delaware indian chief. Tammany hall is prominently featured in the film gangs of new york with jim broadbent portraying boss tweed. Boss tweed is chiefly remembered for the cronyism of his tammany hall political machine through which he bilked the city of new york of massive sums of money.
Tammany hall features as a power broking group in the 2012 tv series copper pulling strings behind the scenes in the five points neighborhood of new york city. William boss tweed the tweed ring and the tammany hall organization tore through new york city with more corruption than any other politician in american history. William magear tweed april 3 1823 april 12 1878 often erroneously referred to as william marcy tweed see below and widely known as boss tweed was an american politician most notable for being the boss of tammany hall the democratic party political machine that played a major role in the politics.