William M. Tweed grew up on the Lower East Side in the 1820s and as a popular and physically impressive young fireman caught the eye of Tammany Hall, the powerful New York Democratic organization. By ...

On this day, Oct. 27, in 1871, William M. “Boss” Tweed, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall, was arrested after the New York Times exposed his corruption. Boss Tweed, a commissioner of public works who ...

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One hundred and fifty years before Rep. George Santos was charged with a host of financial crimes, a former New York congressman, William Magear “Boss” Tweed, sat in one of the city’s courtroom docks.

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