Tammany Hall
Americannoun
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a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society Tammany Society and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
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the building in which the Tammany organization had its headquarters.
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Etymology
Origin of Tammany Hall
Named after Tammany (variant of Tamanen, Tammenund ), 17th-century Delaware Indian chief, later facetiously canonized as patron saint of U.S.
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It is the resting place of luminaries like Leonard Bernstein and Jean-Michel Basquiat, as well as unsavory characters like William Magear Tweed, better known as Boss Tweed of Tammany Hall.
From New York Times ● Sep. 23, 2021
Burrows had served two terms in the state Assembly and was one of the first Black lawmakers to join the inner circle of Tammany Hall, the Manhattan Democratic machine.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
As governor, he had gained a reputation for fighting Tammany Hall corruption in New York City.
From Salon ● Nov. 20, 2020
Politicians involved in what George Washington Plunkitt, the legendary 19th-century leader of New York’s Tammany Hall, called “honest graft” are cast as gleeful cynics who were refreshingly candid about their motivations.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2020
And so, if I overheard mention of something I was ignorant about—keeping Kosher, Tammany Hall, haute couture— I researched it later on.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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