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"I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures."

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About Boss Tweed

American politician and political boss who led New York City's Tammany Hall organization in the 19th century. He became a central figure in municipal corruption scandals of the era. His career is closely associated with Gilded Age machine politics.

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