Tammany Hall

This political cartoon shows President Glover Cleveland standing at a table with his right hand on a document labeled, "Declaration of Independence July 4th 1885." The document states, "When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for a President to dissolve the political bands which

<p><span class="deck">In a day of rampant money-making, gentle Peter Cooper was not only a reformer but successful, widely loved, and rich.</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle">Part hero, part rogue, Boston’s Jim Curley triumphed over the Brahmins in his heyday, but became in the end a figure of pity.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"> Once upon a time an honest man ran for mayor of New York City — and, naturally, lost</span> </p>

<p><span class="deck"> <span class="typestyle"> The 1910 race for the mayoralty of New York looked like a tough one.</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck"><span class="typestyle">Thus Boss Richard Croker breezily dismissed charges of corruption. But the fortune he made from “honest graft” was not enough to buy him what he most wanted</span> </span></p>

<p><span class="deck">AMERICAN CHARACTERS</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">Why do they usually avoid holding conventions in New York?</span></p>

<p><span class="deck">A bold dream to connect the Hudson to the Great Lakes by canal created a transportation revolution.</span></p>

<p>Caught between his campaign for president and his duties as governor, FDR navigated political pressures to force the resignation of New York City’s corrupt mayor, Jimmy Walker.</p>