Tammany Hall
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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 in 1786 and incorporated on May 12, 1789, as the
Vice president Aaron Burr was the first to employ the Tammany Society as a vehicle for political gain.
Fernando Wood, who served as mayor between 1855 and 1861, was the first to rise through the ranks of the political machine to that office.
During the reign of Boss Tweed, editorial cartoonist Thomas Nast denounced Tammany as a ferocious tiger mauling the country, personified as Columbia. The tiger became a lasting symbol of Tammany Hall.
During the 1880s and 1890s, Richard Croker reestablished Tammany as the indisputable political authority in the city and a source of immense political graft and patronage.
Arnold Rothstein
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Arnold Rothstein, nicknamed "The Brain", was an American racketeer, gangster, businessman and gambler who became a kingpin of the Jewish Mob in New York City. Rothstein was widely reputed to have orga
Tammany Hall
…and an investigation by U.S. attorney Charles H. Tuttle, several New York judges were implicated in involvement with organized crime figures, including Arnold Rothstein, and embezzlement, racketeering, and bribery schemes. In August 1930, state judge and Upper West Side Tammany leader Joseph Force Crater disappeared…
Rothstein c. 1915
Rothstein in 1919