Abraham

Besmir: Boss Tweed 1. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boss-tweed-delivered-to-authorities That link is not dependable on because it doesn't tell you a lot of things, and left some significant things out. 2. Padgett, Ken. "Boss Tweed The Plundering Politician."//Agile Writer//. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 May 2011. .  ﻿3. Boss Tweed was known as one of the most notorious politicians ever. He got his power when New York was receiving a large amount of immigrants and when the state needed the money for new projects, and jobs. He stole many millions of dollars from public money and he was the wealthiest most powerful and most corrupt politician of his time. He basically overpriced everything and took over many powerful spots like when some part of the city needed money to repair it, he wouldn't go through with it until the price was just right for him and he was put in power. Before he was a politician he was a volunteer fireman that gave him an easy way to getting into politics. Tweed was almost unstoppable with his corruption, until a lowly county bookkeeper was unhappy with his cut of the graft and gave some incriminating documents to the New York Times. They published those documents as a series of articles about a huge cost that overruns in the Tweed Courthouse. The Courthouse was supposed to cost only half a million dollars but they actually owed the city $13,000,000 dollars.