Tilden initially cooperated with the state party's Tammany Hall faction, but he broke with them in 1871 due to boss William M. Tweed 's rampant corruption. Tilden won election as governor of …

Apr 8, 2025 · Exposed at last by The New York Times, the satiric cartoons of Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly, and the efforts of a reform lawyer, Samuel J. Tilden, Tweed was tried on …

During this period he played a major role in the overthrow of the notorious Tweed Ring, a circle of corrupt politicians who had defrauded New York City of an estimated …

The reform-spirited Tilden was instrumental in exposing William “Boss” Tweed as a corrupt leader of the Tammany Hall political machine. As governor, Tilden broke up the “Canal Ring,” a group …

By the early 1870s, reform politicians determined to end urban corruption to power. New York State Governor Samuel Tilden and state Attorney Fairchild went after Tweed. They were …

So-called "reformers" (in reality, Tammany turncoats like Samuel Tilden) sought to clean house. William Tweed was arrested and tried before Judge Davis twice in 1873. The first trial resulted …

Aug 18, 2014 · With Tweed’s erstwhile ally turned prosecutor, Samuel Tilden, running for president, the Ring also became a major national issue during the contentious Election of …

Nast, correctly anticipating that Samuel Tilden would gain the nomination, challenged his claim to being a reformer and attacked his denial of Tammany Hall connections. Tilden was the unseen …

SINCE his death in i886, Samuel J. Tilden has been increasingly considered the wise and venerable elder statesman of the Democratic party of his day, an architect of its political …

Samuel J. Tilden got robbed in the 1876 presidential election. But then again, his life was full of conflicts and ironies: A brilliant intellectual with a tired, battle-worn body at age 62; Intense …