Category: William “Boss” Tweed
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William Magear “Boss” Tweed, leader of New York City’s crooked Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and 1870s, is convicted of defrauding New York City of $6 million and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. November 19, 1873.
Image: William Magear “Boss” Tweed, 1870. (Public Domain) On this day in history, November 19, 1873, William Magear “Boss” Tweed, leader of New York City’s crooked Tammany Hall political organization during the 1860s and 1870s, is convicted of defrauding New York City of $6 million and was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment. Thomas Nast, a…
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