William Boss Tweed Political Cartoon

Attack on the political machine of william m.
William boss tweed political cartoon. Cartoon of boss tweed by thomas nast boss tweed and the tweed ring depicted as a group of vultures by cartoonist thomas nast in harper s weekly september 23 1871. Boss tweed served time for forgery and larceny and other charges but in 1875 escaped from prison and traveled to cuba and spain. The first american master of the political cartoon an illustrator named thomas nast used his work to shed light on the corruption that ran rampant in tammany hall in new york city. William magear tweed his middle name is often referred incorrectly as marcy was born in 1823 in new york the son of a.
Today he is best remembered for his cartoons about boss tweed and the tammany ring. Thomas nast s campaign against boss tweed thomas nast s campaign against boss tweed in the years following the civil war a former street brawler and lower east side political fixer named william m. Harper s weekly september 30 1871. William magear tweed often erroneously referred to as william marcy tweed and widely known as boss tweed was an american politician most notable for being the boss of tammany hall the democratic party political machine that played a major role in the politics of the world 19th century new york city and state.
At the height of his influence tweed was the third largest landowner in new york city a director of the erie railroad a director of the tenth national bank a. Nast s caricature of the fleeing political boss led to tweed s identification and arrest. His cartoons were probably one of the chief factors in the machine s downfall. In a series of cartoons for harper s weekly nast helped bring tweed down.
Known today as the father of american political cartoons nast gained fame as a cartoonist for harper s magazine. September 1868 nast cartoon this is a white man s government. William boss tweed vintage and historic cartoons and caricatures from the cartoonstock directory the world s largest on line collection of cartoons. Tweed in new york city in the 1870s.
The tammany ring run by a man named william boss tweed bribed officials rigged elections and stole money from city coffers. Tweed never served as mayor. In 1876 he was arrested by spanish police who reportedly.