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Article: Tammany Hall
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...TAMMANY HALL TAMMANY HALL. Founded in May 1789 by William ... Thomas Jefferson's Democratic-Republican Party. By 1812 the society boasted some ... members and moved into the first Tammany Hall at the corner of Frankfurt and Nassau ...

Article: De Sapio was last Tammany Hall boss
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  July 29, 2004 ;     457 words ...De Sapio was last Tammany Hall boss Associated Press Thursday ... revived the once politically powerful Tammany Hall, then oversaw its downfall as its ... daughter, Geraldine A. De Sapio. Tammany Hall, as the Manhattan Democratic Party ...

Article: Carmine De Sapio; Led Revival of Tammany Hall
The Washington Post;  July 29, 2004 ;     593 words ... ... 1960s and the last boss of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, died July 27 at a hospital ... post-World War II revival of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. Tammany Hall, as the Manhattan Democratic Party was once ...

Article: Carmine De Sapio, last of New York City's Tammany ...
AP Worldstream;  July 28, 2004 ;     563 words ... ... World War II revival of the powerful Tammany Hall Democratic machine in New York City ... daughter, Geraldine A. De Sapio. Tammany Hall, as the Manhattan Democratic Party ... view and tried to distance himself from Tammany Hall predecessors such as Tweed. As Tammany ...

Article: Franchot likens Maryland politics to corrupt Tammany ...
Capital (Annapolis);  April 23, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... comparable to the legendary, and corrupt, Tammany Hall. Mr. Franchot has frequently been ... century New York politician who ran the Tammany Hall political machine. "He's kind of ... Mr. Franchot said. "It's a Tammany Hall approach to politics. It brooks no ...

Article: About faith talk and Tammany Hall , Democrats need ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  November 23, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... that labor unions and political machines like New York's Tammany Hall were once able to deliver votes for the Democrats. They ... Compare the modern American evangelical mega-church to Tammany Hall, which controlled New York politics for decades. Although ...

Article: Irish immigrants and the rise of Tammany hall: in ...
Junior Scholastic;  February 21, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... During much of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Tammany Hall reigned as the nation's most successful political ... Immigrants knew that when they were down on their luck, Tammany Hall would help them. By performing charitable acts for ...