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The Age of Bosses Ends at Tammany Hall

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In 1894, Reverend Charles Parkhurst's City Vigilant League precipitated NY State to appoint State Senator Clarence Lexow to hold extensive hearings at what is now called the Lexow Committee, about corruption in the Police Department. This eventually led to the downfall of Tammany Hall.

Formed, 1894
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"A Cinch. Says Boss Croker to Boss McLaughlin: "Shake!" 1893

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'Lots of hunters after a very sick tiger', by Frederick Burr Opper, Puck Cartoon 1893

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All politics revolved around the Boss. 1899 cartoon from Puck.

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