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Broderick, David Colbreth
(Encyclopedia) Broderick, David ColbrethBroderick, David Colbrethbrōˈdərĭk [key], 1820–59, American politician, b. Washington, D.C. Brought up in New York City, he was active in Tammany Hall before…Walsh, Lawrence Edward
(Encyclopedia) Walsh, Lawrence Edward, 1912–2014, Canadian-born American lawyer, grad. Columbia (1932), Columbia law school (1935). Walsh's family moved to the Unite States while he was an infant. A…Locofocos
(Encyclopedia) LocofocosLocofocoslōˌkōfōˈkōz [key], name given in derision to the members of a faction that split off from the Democratic party in New York in 1835. Tension had been growing between…Wagner, Robert Ferdinand
(Encyclopedia) Wagner, Robert FerdinandWagner, Robert Ferdinandwăgˈnər [key], 1877–1953, American legislator, b. Germany. He arrived with his family in the United States in 1885 and grew up in poor…Brewer's: Locofocos
Lucifer-matches; self-lighting cigars were so called in North America in 1834. (Latin, loco-foci, in lieu of fire.) “In 1835 during an excited meeting of the party in Tammany Hall, New…Carmine De Sapio 2004 Deaths
Carmine De SapioAge: 95 powerful politician who dominated New York City Democratic politics as the last Tammany Hall boss. His power and popularity plummeted in the 1960s, however, when he…John KELLY, Congress, NY (1822-1886)
KELLY John , a Representative from New York; born in New York City April 20, 1822; attended the common schools; apprenticed to the mason's trade and engaged in that business for himself in 1845…William Marcy TWEED, Congress, NY (1823-1878)
TWEED William Marcy , a Representative from New York; born in New York City April 3, 1823; completed preparatory studies; learned the trade of chair maker; alderman in New York City in 1852 and…Columbus Day Timeline
The first commemoration of Columbus took place in 1792 by Borgna Brunner 1792 The first celebration commemorating Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World takes place in New York…Brewer's: Tammany Ring
A cabal or powerful organisation of unprincipled officials, who enriched themselves by plundering the people. So called from Tammany Hall, the head-quarters of the high officials of the U.…Trending
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