Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the...
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Tammany Hall (section Fernando Wood era)
patronage in Manhattan for over 100 years following the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854, and used its patronage resources to build a loyal, well-rewarded...
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New York City mayor Fernando Wood, an early Confederate supporter. The events in the film take place in 1865, when Fernando Wood served in the House of...
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Fernando Wood served as the 73rd and 75th mayor of New York City from January 1, 1855 to December 31, 1857 and January 1, 1860 to December 31, 1861. At...
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Board. His father Fernando Wood was mayor of New York City and a Democratic Party member of Congress, and his uncle Benjamin Wood was also a Democratic...
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were ongoing, proposals to downsize the plans were vetoed by mayor Fernando Wood. At the time, the site was occupied by free black people and Irish immigrants...
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General Charles W. Sandford. Massive police corruption, under Mayor Fernando Wood, prompted the New York State Legislature to relieve him of control over...
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New York City (1855–1897) started with the inauguration in 1855 of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution that dominated...
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Washington Square Park. This period started with the 1855 inauguration of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall. It was the political machine based...
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Besides street-fighting, the Dead Rabbits supported politicians such as Fernando Wood and the Tammany Hall machine, whose platforms included the welfare and...
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1 Democratic 73 Fernando Wood (1st term) 1855 1858 2 Democratic 74 Daniel F. Tiemann 1858 1860 1 Independent Party 75 Fernando Wood (2nd term) 1860 1862...
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immigrants, culminating in the election of the first Tammany mayor, Fernando Wood, in 1854. The city had become the nation's most important port and financial...
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"turn his back on emancipation." Lee Pace as Democratic Congressman Fernando Wood of New York Peter McRobbie as Democratic Congressman George H. Pendleton...
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future King of the United Kingdom Edward VII. Her brother-in-law was Fernando Wood, twice mayor of New York City and three-time member of the House of...
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Michael Costa, Italian-English conductor and composer (d. 1884) 1812 – Fernando Wood, American merchant and politician, 73rd Mayor of New York City (d. 1881)...
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Wood's brother Fernando Wood was a mayor of New York City and served in the United States House of Representatives. Another brother, Benjamin Wood, also...
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1910) June 13 – Gustavus H. Scott, American admiral (d. 1882) June 14 – Fernando Wood, American politician, U.S. House of Representatives from New York and...
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William M. Tweed (category Burials at Green-Wood Cemetery)
April 12, 1878, from severe pneumonia, and was buried in Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery. Mayor Smith Ely would not allow the flag at City Hall to be flown...
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into the 1960s and was a dominant player from the mayoral victory of Fernando Wood in 1854 through the era of Robert Wagner (1954–1965). Its last political...
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(1828–1901), English-American architect in the High Victorian Gothic style Fernando Wood (1812–1881), Mayor of New York City George Frederick Cooke (1756–1812)...
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Fernando Alonso Díaz (Spanish pronunciation: [feɾˈnando aˈlonso ˈði.aθ] ; born 29 July 1981) is a Spanish racing driver currently competing for Aston...
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Stebbins (D) Martin Kalbfleisch (D) Moses F. Odell (D) Benjamin Wood (D) Fernando Wood (D) Elijah Ward (D) John Winthrop Chanler (D) James Brooks (D) Anson...
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became a partner in the company in 1826. In December 1857, Democrat Fernando Wood, the mayor of New York, was removed from office by the New York State...
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all exports from the port of New York City. In 1861 Democratic mayor Fernando Wood called for secession of New York City because of its close business...
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Republican Yea Minnesota 1 William Windom Republican Yea New York 9 Fernando Wood Democrat Nay Vermont 1 Frederick E. Woodbridge Republican Yea Pennsylvania 12...
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the city's ties to the South and its dominant party. In 1861, Mayor Fernando Wood called on the aldermen to declare independence from Albany and the United...
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However, in "Fernando Wood: A Political Biography", Jerome Mushkat characterizes Thomas as a "token candidate", which seems to be borne out by Wood winning...
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March 4, 1865 – March 3, 1867 39th Elected in 1864. Lost re-election. Fernando Wood (New York) Democratic March 4, 1867 – March 3, 1873 40th 41st 42nd Elected...
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elected to a two-year term as mayor of New York City over incumbent mayor Fernando Wood of the Mozart Hall faction of the Democracy and William Frederick Havemeyer...
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James W. Wall of New Jersey William Wright of New Jersey Fernando Wood of New York Benjamin Wood of New York James Brooks of New York Clement Vallandigham...
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