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Life of the politician who came to symbolize the evils of big-city political machines. As head of New York City's notorious Tammany Hall, William Marcy Tweed controlled patronage and nominations to public office. As a state senator, he funneled millions to his friends and associates, and he plotted to loot the Erie Railroad. Reformers began to chip away at his power in the 1870s, however, and he was eventually convicted and jailed.
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