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Tweed Ring: see Tweed, William Marcy Tweed Ring, consisting of Tweed and his henchmen—Peter Sweeny, city chamberlain; Richard B. Connolly, city comptroller; and A. Oakey Hall, mayor—controlled the city without interference. ..... Click the link for more information. . Tweed Ring bribery is their essential method for corrupting officials (1860–1871). [Am. Hist.: Jameson, 511] See : Bribery |
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A civic leader, as well as a lawyer whose railroad work brought him enormous personal wealth, Tilden had taken on the notorious Tweed Ring that dominated New York City politics and had ridden that achievement into the New York governor's mansion in 1874. New York's Tweed Ring was arguably the most corrupt political organization in American history. |
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