Word: tammanyizing
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In the late 1800s, long lines formed outside saloons all over New York City. But the queuers were not thirsty; they were there to be naturalized, a process that Irish-controlled Tammany Hall had made easy. Inside the saloon, everybody was handed a red card stating: "Please naturalize the bearer...
In the banner year of 1868, Tammany naturalized 41,112 New Yorkers.
Retiring from the Senate in 1956, Lehman spent most of his remaining years trying to reform New York City's boss-ruled Democratic Party. With Eleanor Roosevelt's help, he succeeded in ousting Carmine De Sapio from the leadership of Tammany Hall.
Two Senses. A onetime lawyer, soldier and economics professor, Paz is short and swarthy, with gentle brown eyes and a friendly humor. Yet in 1952, he led a social revolution that emancipated the population from virtual serfdom and crushed the power of the army. In its early days, like Mexico...
Grant on a Cloud. In the early House, many members were fresh from the frontier and settled their political squabbles in the ways they knew best-with curses, fists and duels. On one memorable occasion, 30 pistols were whipped out during debate on the floor. "Kicking-Buck" Kilgore of Texas...