William Magear Tweed.
April 3, 1823-April 12, 1878
he was an American polititian know for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall and democratic party political machine in New York.
3rd largest land owner if New York City.
He was elected to the United States House of Representatives-1852,
New York county Board of Supervisors-1858, New York State Senate-1867!
he had alot of political power and connections.
He became convicted of steeling between 25-45 million dollars from new york city tax payers! later they reached a new estimate of 200 million dollars!
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