Plunkitt, George Washington

George Washington Plunkitt (1842–1924), ward boss of Manhattan's “Hell's Kitchen” and key cog in the Tammany Hall machine of the late 19th and early 20th century in New York City, was born in a shanty in what is now Central Park. ...

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