Boss Tweed facts
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Politician Boss Tweed was brought down by Thomas Nast's cartoons, which painted him as the embodiment of corruption. Tweed said to aides, “Let's stop them damned pictures. I don't care so much what the papers write about—my constituents can't read—but damn it, they can see pictures.”
Alfred Ely Beach constructed the first NY subway in secret, under the nose of corrupt politician William "Boss" Tweed. AND he did it in only 58 days
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In 1870, the corrupt leader of NYC's city Hall, Boss Tweed offered the New York Times the equivalent of $100 million to not publish their expose on his political corruption.
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Cartoonist Thomas Nast, known for the modern depiction of Santa Claus, also created the GOP's elephant symbol and helped bring down NYC political boss William Tweed
