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Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger, Joseph Esposito, Pat Marcy, George E. Brennan. Excerpt: George E. Brennan (d. August 8, 1928) was a party boss in Illinois . Biography Brennan was born in Ireland and he lost his right leg when he was 13. He had substituted for a switchman who was off on a post-payday drunk, at a coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois . He tried to uncouple two cars from a moving train and his right foot became wedged in a railroad switch . He was "plump and nimble-witted, a poker player and duck hunter, a successful and honest businessman, a philanthropist who gave away several hundred wooden legs." In 1923 he supported William Emmett Dever as Mayor of Chicago . In 1926, Brennan "bet his bossdom against a seat in the U. S. Senate that Illinois is sick of Prohibition" and lost to Frank L. Smith . References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at "Bathhouse" John Coughlin (1860-1938) was an alderman of Chicago 's First Ward from 1893 until his death in 1938. Coughlin acquired his nickname as a result of working in a bathhouse as a masseur . Eventually he was able to purchase a tavern and several bathhouses of his own. Coughlin and his partner, fellow First Ward alderman Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna, were known as the "Lords of the Levee," a district which was part of their ward. The "Levee" was known as being a vice-ridden section of Chicago and home to many saloons, gambling dens, prostitutes, pimps, and flop houses. The two also led the Gray Wolves of Chicago . Coughlin and Kenna were also the hosts of the First Ward Ball, an annual political fundraiser which brought together safecrackers, prostitutes, gangsters, politicians, businessmen, gamblers, and a variety of other types. The event ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Political Bosses from Illinois: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger. To get started finding American Political Bosses from Illinois: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Release: 2010

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Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger, Joseph Esposito, Pat Marcy, George E. Brennan. Excerpt: George E. Brennan (d. August 8, 1928) was a party boss in Illinois . Biography Brennan was born in Ireland and he lost his right leg when he was 13. He had substituted for a switchman who was off on a post-payday drunk, at a coal mine in Braidwood, Illinois . He tried to uncouple two cars from a moving train and his right foot became wedged in a railroad switch . He was "plump and nimble-witted, a poker player and duck hunter, a successful and honest businessman, a philanthropist who gave away several hundred wooden legs." In 1923 he supported William Emmett Dever as Mayor of Chicago . In 1926, Brennan "bet his bossdom against a seat in the U. S. Senate that Illinois is sick of Prohibition" and lost to Frank L. Smith . References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at "Bathhouse" John Coughlin (1860-1938) was an alderman of Chicago 's First Ward from 1893 until his death in 1938. Coughlin acquired his nickname as a result of working in a bathhouse as a masseur . Eventually he was able to purchase a tavern and several bathhouses of his own. Coughlin and his partner, fellow First Ward alderman Michael "Hinky Dink" Kenna, were known as the "Lords of the Levee," a district which was part of their ward. The "Levee" was known as being a vice-ridden section of Chicago and home to many saloons, gambling dens, prostitutes, pimps, and flop houses. The two also led the Gray Wolves of Chicago . Coughlin and Kenna were also the hosts of the First Ward Ball, an annual political fundraiser which brought together safecrackers, prostitutes, gangsters, politicians, businessmen, gamblers, and a variety of other types. The event ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with American Political Bosses from Illinois: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger. To get started finding American Political Bosses from Illinois: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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American Political Bosses from Illinois: Richard J. Daley, Michael Kenna, John Coughlin, John Riley Tanner, Patrick Nash, John Stroger

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