PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1901)
FOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION (1917)
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I RESISTANCE TO ARISTOCRACY 1789-1798
CHAPTER II AARON BURR AT THE HELM 1798-1802
CHAPTER III TAMMANY QUARRELS WITH DE WITT CLINTON 1802-1809
CHAPTER IV SLOW RECOVERY FROM DISASTER 1809-1815
CHAPTER V TAMMANY IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL. 1815-1817
CHAPTER VI CLINTON MAINTAINS HIS SUPREMACY 1817-1820
CHAPTER VII THE SUFFRAGE CONTEST 1820-1822
CHAPTER VIII STRUGGLES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL FACTIONS 1822-1825
CHAPTER IX THE JACKSON ELEMENT VICTORIOUS 1825-1828
CHAPTER X THE WORKINGMEN'S PARTY 1829-1830
CHAPTER XI TAMMANY AND THE BANK CONTEST 1831-1834
CHAPTER XII THE EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY 1834-1837
CHAPTER XIII TAMMANY "PURIFIED" 1837-1838
CHAPTER XIV WHIG FAILURE RESTORES TAMMANY TO POWER 1838-1840
CHAPTER XV RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE "GANGS" 1840-1846
CHAPTER XVI "BARNBURNERS" AND "HUNKERS" 1846-1850
CHAPTER XVII DEFEAT AND VICTORY 1850-1852
CHAPTER XVIII "HARDSHELLS" AND "SOFTSHELLS" 1852-1853
CHAPTER XIX A CHAPTER OF DISCLOSURES 1853-1854
CHAPTER XX FERNANDO WOOD'S FIRST ADMINISTRATION 1854-1856
CHAPTER XXI WOOD'S SECOND ADMINISTRATION 1856-1859
CHAPTER XXII THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER 1859-1867
CHAPTER XXIII THE TWEED "RING" 1867-1870
CHAPTER XXIV TWEED IN HIS GLORY 1870-1871
CHAPTER XXV COLLAPSE AND DISPERSION OF THE "RING" 1871-1872
CHAPTER XXVI TAMMANY RISES FROM THE ASHES 1872-1874
CHAPTER XXVII THE DICTATORSHIP OF JOHN KELLY 1874-1886
CHAPTER XXVIII THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHARD CROKER 1886-1897
CHAPTER XXIX THE DICTATORSHIP OF RICHARD CROKER ( Concluded ) 1897-1901
CHAPTER XXX TAMMANY UNDER ABSENTEE DIRECTION 1901-1902
CHAPTER XXXI CHARLES F. MURPHY'S AUTOCRACY 1902-1903
CHAPTER XXXII THE SWAY OF BRIBERY AND "HONEST GRAFT" 1903-1905
CHAPTER XXXIII TAMMANY'S CONTROL UNDER LEADER MURPHY 1906-1909
CHAPTER XXXIV ANOTHER ERA OF LEGISLATIVE CORRUPTION 1910-1911
CHAPTER XXXV "CHIEF" MURPHY'S LEADERSHIP FURTHER DETAILS 1912-1913
CHAPTER XXXVI GOVERNOR SULZER'S IMPEACHMENT AND TAMMANY'S DEFEAT 1913-1914
CHAPTER XXXVII TAMMANY'S PRESENT STATUS 1914-1917
INDEX
Title: The History of Tammany Hall
Second Edition
Author: Gustavus Myers
Language: English
Character set encoding: UTF-8
THE HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL
BY GUSTAVUS MYERS Author of “A History of Public Franchises in New York City,” etc., etc.
SECOND EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED
NEW YORK BONI & LIVERIGHT, Inc. 1917
Copyright, 1917. By Boni & Liveright, Inc.
