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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]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MN5RNTXF-V
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