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I think most of us in America grow up learning of Tweed, the Tweed Circle and Tammany Hall, but maybe our international brethren don't know.
William M. Tweed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William M. Tweed - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tweed was convicted for stealing an amount estimated by an aldermen's committee in 1877 at between $25 million and $45 million from New York City taxpayers through political corruption, although later estimates ranged as high as $200 million.[3] Based on the inflation or devaluation rate of the dollar since 1870 of 2.7%, $25$200 million is between $1 and $8 billion 2010 dollars. He died in the Ludlow Street Jail.