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    Tammany Hall, also known as the Society of St. Tammany, the Sons of St. Tammany, or the Columbian Order, was an American political organization founded...
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    Tamanend (redirect from Tammany)
    represented peace and amity. A Tammany society founded in Philadelphia holds an annual Tammany festival. Tammany societies (Tammany Hall being the most well-known...
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    44 Union Square, also known as 100 East 17th Street and the Tammany Hall Building, is a three-story building at 44 Union Square East in Union Square, Manhattan...
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    both houses of the New York State Legislature. He was a leader of the Tammany Hall political organization, a vehement critic of the Civil Service, and notably...
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    reorganization established the New York City Department of Education. Tammany Hall, which evolved from an organization of craftsmen into a Democratic political...
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  • Tammany Hall NYC, also abbreviated THNYC, is an independent rock band based in New York City. Their music has been used in various television shows such...
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  • Fritz in Tammany Hall is a musical in three acts with music by Jean Schwartz, lyrics by William Jerome, and a book by John J. McNally. The musical takes...
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    Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was known euphemistically as "Dry Dollar", as the "Big Feller", and...
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    St. Tammany Parish (French: Paroisse de Saint-Tammany; Spanish: Parroquia de St. Tammany) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana named after...
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    William M. Tweed (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    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...
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    was during the same period that Gould and Fisk became involved with Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that largely ran New York City...
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    riots, crime, poverty and exploitation by political machines such as Tammany Hall. Shortly before the American Civil War, these gangs began to dissipate...
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  • with the inauguration in 1855 of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution that dominated the city throughout this period. Reforms...
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  • Carmine DeSapio (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    American politician from New York City. He was the last head of the Tammany Hall political machine to dominate municipal politics. DeSapio was born in...
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    of other underworld organizations and led in part to the downfall of Tammany Hall and the rise of reformer Fiorello La Guardia. Ten years after his death...
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    with Tammany Hall, Kelly and Eastman were ordered by the politicians to end their competition with a boxing match. It ended in a draw. Tammany Hall politicians...
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  • J. Raymond Jones (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    Jones (November 19, 1899 – June 9, 1991) was the last Grand Sachem of Tammany Hall, a New York City Councilman for Harlem, a district leader, ran the Carver...
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    politics from the 1790s to the 1960s. From 1872, Tammany had an Irish "boss". However, Tammany Hall also served as an engine for graft and political corruption...
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    Party's local political machine, Tammany Hall, because they accepted and included immigrants as members. Tammany Hall-affiliated street gangs also protected...
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    DeSapio, leader of Tammany Hall, was assisting Costello and that Costello had become influential in decisions made by the Tammany Hall council. DeSapio...
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    Aaron Burr (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    in New York politics, largely due to the power of the Tammany Society (which became Tammany Hall). Burr converted it from a social club into a political...
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    Martin Van Buren (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    enjoyed support from the Tammany Hall machine in New York City. During this era, Van Buren largely determined Tammany Hall's political policy for New...
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    Roosevelt", sending "cold shivers down the spine of Tammany". Roosevelt also opposed Tammany Hall by supporting New Jersey Governor Woodrow Wilson's successful...
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  • members also called him St. Tammany, the Patron Saint of America. Tammanies are remembered today for New York City's Tammany Hall—also popularly known as...
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    the American Cartoon". He was a sharp critic of "Boss" Tweed and the Tammany Hall Democratic party political machine. He created a modern version of Santa...
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  • Police Department who was simultaneously employed as a "slugger" for Tammany Hall. He was involved in voter intimidation and election fraud during the...
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    flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. He was forced to resign during a corruption scandal. Walker...
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    Lewis Nixon (naval architect) (category Leaders of Tammany Hall)
    submarines, all before his 40th birthday. He was briefly the leader of Tammany Hall. He started an ill-fated effort to run seven major American shipyards...
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    giving support to Tammany Hall candidates. Representative John J. O'Connor, who represented one of the districts with the strongest Tammany influence and...
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    Grover Cleveland (category Hall of Fame for Great Americans inductees)
    the enmity of New York City's influential Tammany Hall organization and its boss, John Kelly. Tammany Hall and Kelly had disapproved of Cleveland's nomination...
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