#86 Boss Tweed and the Glory Days of Tammany Hall

The Bowery Boys: New York City History

Tom Meyers

Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Places & Travel

4.8 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2009

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

You cannot understand New York without understanding its most corrupt politician -- William 'Boss' Tweed, a larger than life personality with lofty ambitions to steal millions of dollars from the city. With the help of his 'Tweed Ring', the former chair-maker had complete control over the city -- what was being built, how much it would cost and who was being paid. How do you bring down a corrupt government when it seems almost everybody's in on it? We reveal the downfall of the Tweed ring and the end to one of the biggest political scandal in New York history. It begins with a sleigh ride. ALSO: Find out how Tammany Hall, the dominant political machine of the 19th century, got its start -- as a rather innocent social club that required men to dress up and pretend they're Indians. www.boweryboyspodcast.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/boweryboys

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0:00.0	Episode 86 of The Bowery Boys, Boss Tweed, and Tammany Hall.
0:05.3	Hey, it's The Bowery Boys.
0:06.8	Hey.
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0:21.8	Hello there, welcome to The Bowery Boys, this is Greg Young.
0:24.6	And I'm Tom Myers.
0:26.0	And we are celebrating our second year anniversary with this episode, Tom.
0:30.8	Congratulations.
0:31.8	Thank you.
0:32.8	Congratulations to you, Greg.
0:33.8	I bought you this $2 million diamond ring, just for the occasion.
0:38.1	Well, how did you ever afford this expensive diamond ring?
0:42.2	With my lowly podcast salary, well, we are not making a nonsensical joke, well, it's
0:48.9	a little bit nonsensical, but it relates to today's topic.
0:52.3	And it's a, we thought we would celebrate a grand American tradition, the tradition of
0:57.4	good old fashioned corruption and bezzlement.
1:01.6	And the king of that in New York City politics, the notorious William Boss Tweed.
1:08.6	And of course, a little history of the political organization, which sort of gave him his power,
1:13.4	the democratic machine, Tammany Hall.
1:15.8	You know, in several past podcasts, Greg, I think we've, we've mentioned Boss Tweed,
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