This is the name of the Democratic Party political machine that influenced New York City politics in the 1790s and 1960s

One of the most infamous of these political machines was Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party machine that played a major role in controlling New York City and New York politics and helping immigrants, most notably the Irish, rise up in American politics from the 1790s to the 1960s.

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