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Definition of Tammany society

1. Noun. A political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism.

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Literary usage of Tammany society

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"tammany society, or COLUMBIAN ORDER, The, was founded 12 May 1789 by William Mooney, ... The tammany society was founded as a crowning protest to these ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"On 12 May 1793 the tammany society, at its annual dinner, gave the toast, ... In 1812 the tammany society loudly called for war with England, ..."

3. Saint Tammany and the Origin of the Society of Tammany: Or Columbian Order by Edwin P. Kilroe (1913)
"The Founding THE Right Honorable James Bryce, in his "American Commonwealth," l explains the origin of the New York tammany society as follows: It is as old ..."

4. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson. by Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Adgate Lipscomb, Albert Ellery Bergh (1905)
"TO THE tammany society OR COLUMBIAN ORDER OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, March 2, 1809. The observations are but too just which are made in your ..."

5. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson: Being His Autobiography, Correspondence by Thomas Jefferson, Henry Augustine Washington (1854)
"... TO THE tammany society OF THE CITY OP WASHINGTON. December 14, 1807. The appearances for some time past, threatening our peace, fellow citizens, ..."

6. The Writings of Thomas Jefferson by Thomas Jefferson (1904)
"TO THE tammany society OF THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. WASHINGTON, December 14, 1807. The appearances for some time past, threatening our peace, fellow citizens, ..."

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