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   William M. Tweed. 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 . At the height of his influence, Tweed was the ...

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   Jun 6, 2024 · Boss Tweed (born April 3, 1823, New York, New York, U.S.—died April 12, 1878, New York) was an American politician who, with his “Tweed ring” cronies, systematically plundered New York City of sums estimated at between $30 million and $200 million. Tweed was a bookkeeper and a volunteer fireman when elected alderman on his second try in ...

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   Jan 2, 2015 · Boss Tweed was born William Magear Tweed on April 3, 1823, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. Tweed married Mary Jane Skaden in 1844, and in 1848 he organized a volunteer fire company. When he ...

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6. www.history.com › this-day-in-history › boss-tweed“Boss” Tweed delivered to authorities | November 23, 1876 ...

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   Feb 9, 2010 · Learn how William Magear "Boss" Tweed, the leader of New York City's corrupt Tammany Hall political machine, was arrested in Spain and returned to prison in 1876. Find out how he rose to power, embezzled millions, and was exposed by Thomas Nast.

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   Jun 18, 2019 · Learn about the life and career of William M. Tweed, the leader of Tammany Hall, the New York City political machine in the 19th century. Discover how he rose to power, amassed a fortune, and faced corruption charges and imprisonment.

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   William Tweed, the “boss” of Tammany Hall, played a major role in New York City politics during the mid-1800s. By the late 1850s, Tweed had ascended through a variety of local offices, including volunteer firefighter, school commissioner, member of the county board of supervisors, and street commissioner. He learned to make political allies ...

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   Who is Boss Tweed?

   • Boss Tweed: The rise and fall of the corrupt pol who conceived the soul of modern New York. New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers. ISBN 0-7867-1435-2. Burrows, Edwin G. and Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-195-11634-8. Callow, Alexander B. (1966). The Tweed Ring.

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   How much money did Boss Tweed make?

   • Soon, Tweed owned an extravagant Fifth Avenue mansion and an estate in Connecticut, was giving lavish parties and weddings, and owned diamond jewelry worth tens of thousands of dollars. In total, the Tweed Ring brought in an estimated $50 to $200 million in corrupt money. Boss Tweed’s avarice knew few boundaries.

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   How did Boss Tweed die?

   • A year and a half later, Boss Tweed died there from severe pneumonia. circa 1865: American politician William Marcy ’’Boss’’ Tweed (1823 - 1878), notorious ’’Boss’’ of Tammany society who headed New York City’’s ’’Tweed Ring’’ until his financial frauds were exposed in 1871.

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   Did Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall help immigrants?

   • Although Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall engaged in corrupt politics, they undoubtedly helped the immigrants and poor of the city in many ways. Thousands of recent immigrants in New York were naturalized as American citizens and adult men had the right to vote.

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    Boss Tweed and others would become infamous fo... Tammany Hall was a political powerhouse in New York City from 1789 until its slow unraveling in the mid-1900s. Boss Tweed and others would become ...

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