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William Marcy Tweed aka. "Boss Tweed" (1823-1878), American politician.

Portly New York "boss" who gallivanted across the avenues and boardwalks of the Big Apple. He racketeered and engaged in other various nefarious deeds. He was brought down by Thomas Nast in a cartoon that depicted him such an obviously bad light that it destroyed his career.


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