Leaders of it included John Curry, Jacob Barker, and Robert Morris.
Leaders of it included John Curry, Jacob Barker, and Robert Morris. Though an opponent, Seth Low, was elected in 1901, its decline began in earnest when James Walker was forced out of office just four years after its zenith in the 1928 election, when Al Smith ran on a major party ticket. In one political cartoon by Thomas Nast published in Harper's Weekly, it was portrayed as a tiger killing democracy. Named for Native American leader of the Lenape, members called their headquarters a wigwam and their leaders Grand Sachems. FTP, name this Democratic Party political machine in New York City that lasted until the 1960s, most famously headed by William "Boss" Tweed.
Leaders of it included John Curry, Jacob Barker, and Robert Morris.
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