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Tammany Hall
NYC’s Democratic Political Machine
Tammany Hallothe NYC Tammany Society first organized in the 1780s
onamed after a respected Delaware chieftain- Tamanend
The Cincinnati Society
o Established in 1783 among the leading officers of the Continental Army.
o Political supporters of George Washington: the gentleman warrior whose personal post-war actions mirrored those of the Roman citizen-general Cincinnatus
Tammany HalloAfter 1839, a Democratic Party affiliate
oServed an increasing Irish immigrant population from the famine years onward
“Boss” William Marcy
Tweedo1823-1878oGained top status at Tammany beginning in 1858
Tammany HalloBegan
construction on a New York County Courthouse that same year, estimated to cost $350,000
The Cash Cow Courthouse
oOver the next 12 years, the costs ballooned to
$13 million thanks to Tweed and his ring of Tammany & City Hall cronies
the “Tweed Ring”
“Spoils” at its worstoThe Courthouse
project was just a drop in the bucket of a city-wide system of political graft believed to total perhaps
$200 million
“Boss” Tweed’s share…
$50 million
“The Brains”
The “Tammany Tiger”
“…Those Damn Pictures!” Thomas
“Nasty” Nasto1840-1902o America’s
pioneering “muckraker” journalist
o Appointed Consul to Ecuador in 1902 by Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, he died there of Yellow Fever
The Fall of the “Boss”
o December 15, 1871- off to prison (& eventual death) for “Boss” Tweed
Tammany Hall Reborno After 1872,
Tammany was dominated by
the Irish:“Honest”
John Kelly“Boss”
Richard Croker“Silent”
Charles Murphy
Thanks to Thomas Nast:
Thanks to Thomas Nast:
Thanks to Thomas Nast:
oHo! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!