Political Machine Boss Tweed Cartoon

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Political machine boss tweed cartoon. Tweed became notorious as boss tweed in new york city. Nast s caricature of the fleeing political boss led to tweed s identification and arrest in vigo spain in 1876. The tammany ring run by a man named william boss tweed bribed officials rigged elections and stole money from city coffers. Analyze political cartoons on boss tweed drawn by thomas nast list the effects tweed s actions had on citizens.
Cartoon appeared in 1871 tweed s imperium was dissolving and the cartoonists had done a great deal to propel the boss toward destruction. Tweed never served as mayor. Microsoft word political cartoons of political machines from kate ericson. Thomas nast s boss tweed and the tammany ring often praised as the father of the american cartoon thomas nast is best known for his works satirizing politician william magear boss tweed and tammany hall the democratic political machine frequently accused of nepotism that tweed led.
William magear tweed april 3 1823 april 12 1878 often erroneously referred to as william marcy tweed see below 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. The old new york county courthouse known as the tweed courthouse got its nickname from boss tweed joe marino new york daily news in a series of cartoons for harper s weekly nast helped. Even today when most political cartoons from a century ago seem bland and quaint nast s still have plenty of sting to them. 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.
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. 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. Stated and or inferred examine the effectiveness of political cartoons.