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William Tweed
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- ONE OF THE most powerful politicians in New York City in the years following the Civil War, William Marcy “Boss” Tweed for a time led the formidable Tammany Hall political ring, but ultimately died behind bars a broken man. While in power, Tweed personified the political and financial corruption that often plagued American cities during the Gilded Age. [Source: Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior; Tweed, William (1823–78)]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/William_Tweed
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