William marcy tweed AKA boss tweed was born on april 3,1823 in new york. In tweeds earlier years he worked as a bookkeeper and volunteer firefighter. In 1851 he ran for the second time as alderman and garnered enough votes to take the position. After being elected to a new bipartisan board of supervisors in 1856 he had contingency to acquire which allowed him to place his hand picked cronies. Henceforth, establishing the renowned tweed ring. By 1860 he led the executive committee of the democratic party, known as tammany hall. This allowed tweed to control the democratic party. Boss tweed was not always on top, he went to jail several times in his life. Once he escaped prison and fled to cuba and then to spain where he was located
William marcy tweed AKA boss tweed was born on april 3,1823 in new york. In tweeds earlier years he worked as a bookkeeper and volunteer firefighter. In 1851 he ran for the second time as alderman and garnered enough votes to take the position. After being elected to a new bipartisan board of supervisors in 1856 he had contingency to acquire which allowed him to place his hand picked cronies. Henceforth, establishing the renowned tweed ring. By 1860 he led the executive committee of the democratic party, known as tammany hall. This allowed tweed to control the democratic party. Boss tweed was not always on top, he went to jail several times in his life. Once he escaped prison and fled to cuba and then to spain where he was located