The History of Tammany Hall

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Author

Myers, Gustavus, 1872-1942

Title

The History of Tammany Hall Second Edition

Credits

E-text prepared by Charlene Taylor, Bryan Ness, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries ( archive.org/details/toronto)

Language

English

LoC Class

JK: Political science: Political inst. and pub. Admin.: United States

Subject

Tammany Hall (Political organization)

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53115

Release Date

September 21, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1901)
3. 3.FOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION (1917)
4. 4.CONTENTS
5. 5.CHAPTER I RESISTANCE TO ARISTOCRACY 1789-1798 — FOOTNOTES
6. 6.CHAPTER II AARON BURR AT THE HELM 1798-1802 — FOOTNOTES
7. 7.CHAPTER III TAMMANY QUARRELS WITH DE WITT CLINTON 1802-1809 — FOOTNOTES
8. 8.CHAPTER IV SLOW RECOVERY FROM DISASTER 1809-1815 — FOOTNOTES
9. 9.CHAPTER V TAMMANY IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL. 1815-1817 — FOOTNOTES
10. 10.CHAPTER VI CLINTON MAINTAINS HIS SUPREMACY 1817-1820 — FOOTNOTES
11. 11.CHAPTER VII THE SUFFRAGE CONTEST 1820-1822 — FOOTNOTES
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII STRUGGLES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL FACTIONS 1822-1825 — FOOTNOTES
13. 13.CHAPTER IX THE JACKSON ELEMENT VICTORIOUS 1825-1828 — FOOTNOTES
14. 14.CHAPTER X THE WORKINGMEN’S PARTY 1829-1830 — FOOTNOTES
15. 15.CHAPTER XI TAMMANY AND THE BANK CONTEST 1831-1834 — FOOTNOTES
16. 16.CHAPTER XII THE EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY 1834-1837 — FOOTNOTES
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII TAMMANY “PURIFIED” 1837-1838 — FOOTNOTES
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV WHIG FAILURE RESTORES TAMMANY TO POWER 1838-1840 — FOOTNOTES
19. 19.CHAPTER XV RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE “GANGS” 1840-1846 — FOOTNOTES
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI “BARNBURNERS” AND “HUNKERS” 1846-1850 — FOOTNOTES
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII DEFEAT AND VICTORY 1850-1852 — FOOTNOTES
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII “HARDSHELLS” AND “SOFTSHELLS” 1852-1853 — FOOTNOTES
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX A CHAPTER OF DISCLOSURES 1853-1854 — FOOTNOTES
24. 24.CHAPTER XX FERNANDO WOOD’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION 1854-1856 — FOOTNOTES
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI WOOD’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION 1856-1859 — FOOTNOTES
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER 1859-1867 — FOOTNOTES
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII THE TWEED “RING” 1867-1870 — FOOTNOTES
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV TWEED IN HIS GLORY 1870-1871 — FOOTNOTES
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV COLLAPSE AND DISPERSION OF THE “RING” 1871-1872 — FOOTNOTES
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI TAMMANY RISES FROM THE ASHES 1872-1874 — FOOTNOTES
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII THE DICTATORSHIP OF JOHN KELLY 1874-1886 — FOOTNOTES
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHARD CROKER 1886-1897 — FOOTNOTES
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHARD CROKER ( Concluded ) 1897-1901 — FOOTNOTES
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX TAMMANY UNDER ABSENTEE DIRECTION 1901-1902 — FOOTNOTES
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI CHARLES F. MURPHY’S AUTOCRACY 1902-1903 — FOOTNOTES
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII THE SWAY OF BRIBERY AND “HONEST GRAFT” 1903-1905 — FOOTNOTES
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXIII TAMMANY’S CONTROL UNDER LEADER MURPHY 1906-1909 — FOOTNOTES
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIV ANOTHER ERA OF LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION 1910-1911 — FOOTNOTES
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXV “CHIEF” MURPHY’S LEADERSHIP—FURTHER DETAILS 1912-1913 — FOOTNOTES
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVI GOVERNOR SULZER’S IMPEACHMENT AND TAMMANY’S DEFEAT 1913-1914 — FOOTNOTES
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVII TAMMANY’S PRESENT STATUS 1914-1917
42. 42.INDEX

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