170: Tammany Hall's Boss Tweed w/ Kenneth Ackerman - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 28 September 2020

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Arguably the most corrupt politician in American history, William "Boss" Tweed bilked New York City for millions of dollars in the 1860s, before finally suffering a spectacular downfall.

Attorney and historian Kenneth D. Ackerman, author of "BOSS TWEED: The Corrupt Pol who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York" talk about this notorious and often misunderstood giant in American political history.

Kenneth Ackerman's website is https://kennethackerman.com/

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0:00.0	On this episode of Most Notorious, an American politician synonymous with
0:06.0	graft and corruption. 19th century New York City's infamous Boss Tweed.
0:14.0	The total amount of graft during the three or four years when Tweed and his
0:20.6	circle were at the height of power has been estimated at between 45 and 200
0:27.0	million dollars of money that was skimmed out of the Treasury to pay the
0:31.7	politicians. Now those are 1870 dollars if you translate that into modern
0:37.3	money it's billions.
0:57.0	Welcome everyone to another episode of the Most Notorious podcast. Eric
1:09.1	Riven is here. So before we begin the episode if you have been wondering how to
1:14.1	best support the show. Patreon is an excellent way to go. Head on over to
1:19.0	patreon.com slash Most Notorious and become a member. Add free episodes plus
1:25.3	more. So let's get going here. It is with great pleasure that I introduce my
1:31.0	guest today Kenneth D. Acrimon. He is a Washington DC attorney who has served as
1:38.2	legal counsel to two United States Senate committees and headed the US
1:43.8	Agriculture Department's Federal Crop Insurance Corporation among other
1:48.7	notable professional accomplishments. He is also a prolific author having
1:55.2	written multiple books about pivotal moments in American history. Topics
2:00.0	ranging from the election and subsequent murder of James Garfield to J. Edgar
2:05.7	Hoover's involvement in the 1919 Red Scare and Trotsky's time in New York
2:10.8	City before becoming a co-leader of the Marxist revolution in Russia. And he is
2:17.4	here today to talk about his book entitled Boss Tweed, the corrupt Paul who
2:23.2	conceived the soul of modern New York. Thank you so much for coming on the
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