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	William Tweed
		William Tweed was born in New York in 1823.
		Tweed was arrested and found guilty of corruption, was sentenced to 12 years in jail.
		Tweed, who had made an estimated $200,000,000 from his activities, was able to use his wealth to escape from prison.
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	Boss Tweed
		He became an alderman in 1851 and he built his power through the election and appointment of his friends, which became known as the "Tweed Ring," to numerous offices in New York City, and even to the state legislature and judges' seats, often through illegal means.
		Tweed himself was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1852, the New York City Board of Advisors in 1856, and the New York State Senate in 1867.
		In April 1870, Tweed secured the passage of a city charter putting the control of the city into the hands of the mayor, the comptroller, and the commissioners of parks and public works.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/bo/Boss_Tweed.html (520 words)

	William Marcy Tweed biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was the son of a chairmaker, received slight education, and early entered politics, becoming an alderman of New York City in 1850, and taking a seat in Congress in 1853.
		Tweed was grand sachem of Tammany in 1869–71.
		Two trials were held, and in 1873 Tweed was convicted, and sentenced to 12 years' confinement in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $12,300.18.
	www.dromo.info /tweedbio.htm (398 words)

	William Marcy Tweed Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		William Marcy Tweed (1823-1878) was an American politician and leader of Tammany Hall.
		William Tweed was born in New York City on April 3, 1823.
		The Tweed ring began in 1866, tightening operations in 1869, when "Boss" Tweed and others arranged that all bills to the city would henceforth be at least one-half fraudulent, a proportion later raised to 85 percent.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-marcy-tweed (587 words)

	Tweed, William Marcy - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Attempts within Tammany to oust the Tweed Ring failed, and in 1870 Tweed forced through the state legislature a charter that greatly increased the powers of the ring.
		The immediate cause of Tweed's downfall was the publication in the New York Times of evidence of wholesale graft revealed by M. O'Rourke, a new county bookkeeper.
		Largely through the efforts of Samuel J. Tilden, Tweed was tried for felony, but the jury could not reach a verdict.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-tweed-w1i.html (542 words)

	Boss Tweed - PowerBookSearch!
		William Marcy Tweed didn't invent graft, but he rigged elections and stole from the public on an unprecedented scale, gaining a stranglehold on New York City and amassing a vast personal fortune.
		Tweed and his well-oiled political machine provided the model for big-city bosses for generations to come, and, crooked though he was, he remains in many ways a tremendously appealing figure.
		William Marcy Tweed didn t invent graft, but he rigged elections and stole from the public on an unprecedented scale, gaining a stranglehold on New York City and amassing a vast personal fortune.
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	Boss Tweed Escaped From Prison
		On December 4, 1875, William Marcy Tweed, better known as Boss Tweed, escaped from prison and fled to Europe.
		By 1870, he was so powerful and had so many of his friends (known as his "Tweed Ring" cronies) in political positions that he was able to pass a new city charter allowing him and his friends to control the city treasury.
		Between 1865 and 1871, Tweed and his associates stole between $30 million and $200 million from the city.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/recon/boss_1 (145 words)

	William Marcy Tweed — FactMonster.com
		Attempts within Tammany to oust the Tweed Ring failed, and in 1870 Tweed forced through the state legislature a charter that greatly increased the powers of the ring.
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	The Tweed Courthouse
		It took 20 years to build, from 1861 to 1881, with the Civil War and political corruption contributing to delays, and is estimated to have cost between $11 million and $12 million.
		Political boss William Marcy Tweed and his "Tweed Ring" used the construction of the courthouse to embezzle large sums of money.
		The architectural style of the Tweed Courthouse is "Anglo-Italianate," a major feature of which is its interior octagonal rotunda, which the skylight tops.
	www.nyc.gov /html/dcas/html/resources/man_tweed.shtml (827 words)

	AMAsearchdetail (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		William Marcy Tweed was born in New York City.
		Tweed entered politics in 1852 as an alderman, and he served in Congress between 1853 and 1855.
		Tweed was convicted and sentenced to twelve years in prison.
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	"Boss Tweed" and the Tammany Hall Machine
		There is little question that the Tweed Ring were outright thieves and that Tammany Hall did have a series of reoccurring scandals.
		Samuel Tilden was the Chairperson of the New York State Democratic Party during the Tweed era and ran for President against Rutherford Hayes in 1876.
		As he gathered information to prove Tweed criminality beyond a shadow of a doubt Tilden also wanted the state Democratic Party to not be accused of corruption or covering up.
	www.albany.edu /~dkw42/tweed.html (1059 words)

	The LOC.GOV Wise Guide : Tweed In New York
		On Dec. 4, 1875, William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, notorious leader of New York City's Democratic political machine, escaped from prison and fled to Europe.
		Convicted of forgery and larceny in 1873, Tweed was released in 1875.
		Boss Tweed, acting as a policeman, although wearing the uniform of a convict, holds two boys by the collar with one hand and carries a billy club in the other.
	www.loc.gov /wiseguide/dec04/tweed.html (322 words)

	Boss Tweed - MSN Encarta
		William Marcy Tweed (1823-1878), also known as Boss Tweed, American politician.
		The Tweed Ring was brought down in 1871, when the New York Times newspaper published an exposé on the graft practices of the ring, based on data provided by a county bookkeeper.
		In 1874 Tweed was convicted of official embezzlement and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
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	William Marcy Tweed - Picture - MSN Encarta
		William Tweed, a New York bookkeeper, became a corrupt political boss in New York City’s Tammany Hall, a Democratic political organization.
		Tweed held a succession of city and state government jobs.
		He formed the Tweed Ring, which sponsored city improvement schemes that funneled millions of dollars into the pockets of Tweed Ring members in the 1860s and 1870s.
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	WILLIAM TWEED Autograph
		William Marcy "Boss" Tweed controlled nominations and patronage in New York City politics after 1857 through his control of the Democratic organization.
		The Tweed Ring, which consisted of Tweed, the Mayor, the City Comptroller and the City Chamberlain, sold political favors and defrauded the city of at least $30 million.
		He was convicted in 1873, imprisoned, released in 1875, arrested on a civil action, escaped to Spain, extradited in 1876 and died in a New York City jail in 1878.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?documentid=35429 (406 words)

	Tweed Courthouse - Wired New York Forum
		Coming to influence in the 1850s and falling from power in the 1870s, Tweed ran the city as a patronage machine for his own benefit and that of his cronies who were members of what was called the Tweed Ring.
		The project that brought Tweed down was the construction of a courthouse that cost millions of dollars, some 90% of which went to graft.
		None is getting rich on the public purse like Boss Tweed and the members of his ring, a band of politicians, contractors, and city officials implicated in the courthouse thievery and illuminated and lampooned by the father of modern political cartooning, Thos.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?p=285 (1622 words)

	William M. Tweed
		William Marcy Tweed was one of the first and most notorious city bosses.
		Tweed started out as a volunteer fireman and eventually became head of the New York City political machine in 1863.
		By 1868 "Boss" Tweed's Tammany Hall organization controlled most of city and state government in New York, including thousands of patronage jobs and millions of dollars in contracts, fees, and government-controlled benefits.
	www.vw.vccs.edu /vwhansd/HIS122/Tweed.html (380 words)

	The Life and Times of William Marcy Tweed
		William Marcy Tweed held numerous jobs in his earliest years.
		Tweed attended public school and learned chair making as a trade.
		Tweed used illegal means to force election of his choices for New York governor, New York City mayor and speaker of the assembly.
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	William Marcy Tweed
		TWEED, William Marcy, politician, born in New York city, 3 April, 1823; died there, 12 April, 1878.
		Tweed was arrested on a civil suit that was brought by Charles O'Conor in behalf of the city.
		He furnished bail in $1,000,000, and in November of the same year he was elected to the state senate, but did not take his seat.
	www.famousamericans.net /williammarcytweed (568 words)

	N1DTweedRing (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the late 1860s, Boss William Marcy Tweed created a network of city officials, Democratic party workers, and contractors in New York City, which critics dubbed the Tweed Ring.
		Tweed’s power gained financial profit for himself, his partners, and the Democratic Party.
		Tweed was tried, convicted of forgery and larceny, then sentenced to a 12-year prison term.
	pages.prodigy.net /ohio1972/N1DTweedRing.htm (236 words)

	William Tweed - Wikipedia
		Tweed, der sich offen dazu bekannte, korrupt zu sein, nutzte seine Stellung zur persönlichen Bereicherung sowie zum Vorteil der Society aus.
		In den Jahren seiner politischen Karriere häufte Tweed ein Vermögen in Höhe eines zweistelligen Millionenbetrags an.
		William Tweed in einer Karikatur von Thomas Nast: "The brains that achieved the Tammany victory at the Rochester Democratic Convention"
	de.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Tweed (577 words)

	Boss Tweed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Magear Tweed (April 3, 1823 – April 12, 1878), commonly known as "Boss" Tweed, was an American politician and head of Tammany Hall, the name given to the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in New York City politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.
		Tweed defrauded the city by having contractors present excessive bills for work performed- typically ranging from 15 to 65 percent more than the project actually cost.
		The most excessive overcharging came in the form of the famous Tweed Courthouse, which cost the city over $11 million to construct, most of it going to line the pockets of Tweed and his gang.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Marcy_Tweed (840 words)

	The Tweed Ring
		William Tweed began his rise to influence in the late 1840s as a volunteer fireman in New York City.
		Tweed won an important victory in the state legislature in 1870 when a new city charter was approved.
		This change vastly increased the power of Tweed's small group as they submitted billings for city work that was never performed, concocted phony legal agreements and a variety of kickback schemes to line their pockets.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h703.html (555 words)

	Amazon.com: Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York: Books: Kenneth ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		TWEED WAS DYING that morning, locked inside New York City's Ludlow Street Jail at Grand Street on the Lower East Side.
		Tweed was the cream of the crop in his world, and he had his hands in everything (a thief way before his time).
		Tweed is presented with all of his warts, but is still a sympathetic character, in that for all the graft and fraud he created; he never forgot the 'little people', and what he had promised them.
	www.amazon.com /Boss-Tweed-Corrupt-Conceived-Modern/dp/0786714352 (1980 words)

	William Marcy Tweed Quotes
		1 Quotes for 'William Marcy Tweed' in the Database.
		As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it?
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	UCM - Boss Tweed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Tweed Ring had such solid control of the city they set as a goal stealing one dollar for every two dollars paid out by the city.
		Tweed's control included the rival Republican Party, who he neutralized by putting their leaders on the payroll.
		Tweed was convicted and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
	www.cmsu.edu /x74752.xml (325 words)

	WILLIAM MARCY 'BOSS' TWEED - ANNOTATED PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED
		In 1870, Tweed was exposed by "Harper's Weekly" with powerful cartoons by Thomas Nast.
		Upon his release in 1875, Tweed was arrested in a civil action, but he escaped and fled to Spain.
		Extradited in 1876, Tweed was brought back to New York, where he died in jail in 1878.
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	WILLIAM MARCY BOSS TWEED - ANNOTATED SIGNATURE(S)
		Tweed became head of New York City's political machine in 1863.
		The "Tweed Ring" stole millions of dollars from the city through bloated construction projects and kickbacks.
		Tweed was indicted for corruption, fled the country, was arrested in Spain and returned to stand trial in 1872.
	galleryofhistory.com /archive/3_2003/law/WILLIAM_MARCY_BOSS_TWEED.htm (188 words)

	william marcy tweed: essaysnetwork.com- the essays network, term papers network, research papers network
		Stacey said "Oh the door closed on your fingers, William you fingers are fine." She then says, "William go and wash your hands." As William walks toward the sink he is looking at his right hand fingers.
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	History 1023 - Saunders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the 1870s, William Marcy "Boss" Tweed became involved in a scandal involving the disappearance of over $200 million of government funds.
		His editorial cartoons have been credited with the fall of Boss Tweed and the weakening of his political machine, Tammany Hall.
		Tweed was eventually arrested, tried and convicted of corruption and sentenced to jail.
	www.clt.astate.edu /lsaunders/2773TweedNast.htm (251 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Tuttrop to Tylee
		Tweed, William Marcy (1823-1878) — also known as William M. Tweed; "Boss Tweed" — of New York,
		Tweed's New York : another look (out of print); Kenneth D. Ackerman,
		Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York
	www.politicalgraveyard.com /bio/tuttrop-tye.html (906 words)

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