This organization was revived by Carmine de Sapio in the 1950s. This organization was investigated by the Lexow Committee because of pressure from Rev
This organization was revived by Carmine de Sapio in the 1950s. This organization was investigated by the Lexow Committee because of pressure from Reverend Charles Henry Parkhurst. Heads of this organization included Richard Connolly, John Kelly, and Charles Murphy, while another of its leaders, George Washington Plunkitt, distinguished between "honest graft" and "dishonest graft." This organization met at the Wigwam, and its most notable sachem was arrested in Spain after being convicted of embezzlement by ? Samuel Tilden. Named for a chief of the Delaware Indians, FTP, name this New York City machine led by Boss Tweed.
This organization was revived by Carmine de Sapio in the 1950s.
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