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The term '''Tammany Hall''' refers to electoral corruption practiced by the [[Democratic Party]], particularly that of [[New York City]] from the 1790s until it was crushed by the election of the [[Republican]] [[mayor]] [[Fiorella La Guardia]] in 1934. It draws its name from the headquarters of the Tammany Society, which controlled patronage and doled out favors to potential Democratic supporters.
The '''Tammany Hall''' was a political club in New York City that largely controlled the Democratic party in Manhattan from 1800 to the 1950s. Opponents, such as the [[Bourbon Democrats]], always called it corrupt, charging that it traded favors for votes.
Most of Tammany's leaders were Irish Catholics, but the most notorious leader was a Protestant, William Tweed, in the 1860s.
When [[Al Smith]] ran for President in 1928, anti-Catholics across the country attacked his association with Tammany. (Smith was quite honest, but he was endorsed by Tammany Hall.)
By extension, the term "little Tammany" has often been applied to a Democratic party machine in a smaller city, such as Kansas City in the 1930s.
==See Also==
==See Also==
*[[Pork-barrel politics]]
*[[Pork-barrel politics]]
==Bibliography==
* Kenneth D. Ackerman, ''Boss Tweed: The Rise and Fall of the Corrupt Pol Who Conceived the Soul of Modern New York'' (2005) [http://www.amazon.com/Boss-Tweed-Corrupt-Conceived-Modern/dp/078671686X/ref=pd_bbs_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223941064&sr=8-1 excerpt and text search]
===Primary sources===
* William L. Riordon, ed. ''Plunkitt Of Tammany Hall'' (2004), highly revealing memoirs of Plunkitt, a district Tammany leader from 1910. [http://www.amazon.com/Plunkitt-Tammany-Hall-William-Riordon/dp/1419141813/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1223941064&sr=8-2 excerpt and text search]
[[Category:Politics]]
[[Category:Politics]]