William+“Boss”+Tweed



William "Boss" Tweed was born on April 3, 1823 in New York City and died on April 12, 1878. He was a U.S. politician and was also a volunteer firefighter and a bookkeeper. He gained important "jobs" in the city government. He put a group together called the Tweed ring. He determined the Democratic Party's positions. In 1868, he was elected state senate and controlled city and state political bondage. He started to control the city's treasury and escalated sums from $30 million to $200 million. Political cartoons indicated Tweed's actions and he was later convicted and imprisoned. Simkin, John. "William Tweed." //William Tweed//. John Simkin. Web. [].