USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Tweed was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1852 and the New York County Board of Supervisors in 1858, the year that he became the head of the Tammany Hall political machine.

Detailed explanation-2: -One of the most infamous of these political machines was Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.

Detailed explanation-3: -Tweed’s Ring essentially controlled New York City until 1870, using embezzlement, bribery, and kickbacks to siphon massive chunks of New York’s budget into their own pockets-anywhere from $40 million to $200 million (or $1.5 billion to $9 billion in 2009 dollars).

Detailed explanation-4: -However, Tammany Hall also served as an engine for graft and political corruption, perhaps most infamously under William M.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Tweed Ring reached its peak of fraudulence in 1871 with the remodeling of the City Court House, a blatant embezzlement of city funds that was exposed by The New York Times.