(1843-11-24)November 24, 1843 Ardfield, County Cork, Ireland
Died
April 29, 1922(1922-04-29) (aged 78) Stillorgan, County Dublin, Ireland
Political party
Democratic
Spouses
Elizabeth Fraser
(m. 1873; died 1914)
Beulah Edmonson
(m. 1914)
Children
7
Profession
Coroner, mobster
Richard Welstead Croker (November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922), known as "Boss Croker", was an Irish American political boss who was a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall.[1] His control over the city was cemented with the 1897 election of Robert A. Van Wyck as the first mayor of all five boroughs. During his tenure as Grand Sachem, Boss Croker garnered a reputation for corruption and ruthlessness and was frequently the subject of investigations. As his power waned following the 1900 and 1901 elections, Croker resigned his position and returned to Ireland, where he spent the rest of his life.
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Richard Welstead Croker (November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922), known as "Boss Croker", was an Irish American political boss who was a leader of New York...
the key to getting the support of middle-class Irish American voters. RichardCroker, Kelly's right-hand man, had succeeded Kelly as Grand Sachem of Tammany...
reporter discovered that the plan was a graft scheme by Tammany Hall boss RichardCroker. Instead, the lot was bought at auction by William Eno, one of Amos's...
Delegation to Support Keller for Vice President. HILL HUMILIATED BY RICHARDCROKER" (PDF). The New York Times. Archived (PDF) from the original on October...
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Were Built From Plans He Provided. Once Head of Tammany. Successor to RichardCroker. Held Important Positions in This State and City". The New York Times...
March 1773 in Holbeton in Devon. Her parents were Mary and Captain RichardCroker. Croker's poems are seen as examples of women speaking out in the hope of...
married widow Margaret J. Graham; also that year, the Tammany Hall boss, RichardCroker, was forced out of office because of public accusations of corruption...
Fuchs credited the Cook County Democratic Organization with giving Mayor Richard J. Daley the political power to deny labor union contracts that the city...
motorway. At the beginning of the 20th century, the house was owned by RichardCroker, a leading figure from New York's Tammany Hall. The house and its surrounding...
Robert Ingersoll, Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Lillie Langtry, W. T. Stead, RichardCroker, Natalia Janotha, and other prominent people of his era. The book Titanic's...
hold Benjamin "Bushwah" Massauer as a material witness. April 29 - RichardCroker, Tammany Hall politician and former member of the Fourth Avenue Tunnel...
media related to Commissioners of the New York City Fire Department. "RichardCroker Dies In His Irish Castle As Result Of Cold". New York Times. April 29...
and loyalty to Tammany machine were such that in 1893, Tammany Boss RichardCroker selected Sulzer to be elected as Speaker of the New York State Assembly...
vicinity of a cluster of Irish-American households led by John Gallagher. RichardCroker, who later became the leader of Tammany, was born in Ireland, but he...
Mazet, to investigate Tammany Hall corruption under the leadership of RichardCroker. Lincoln Steffens, a popular journalist of that time wrote of Devery...
Partner. New York: H. Liveright, 1929. Master of Manhattan, the life of RichardCroker. Londton: Longmans, Green and Co., 1931. Europe and Our Money, The Macmillan...
starring Michael Caine. The film's plot centres on Cockney criminal Charlie Croker, recently released from prison, who forms a gang for the job of stealing...
York's 15th congressional district. He was supported in his election by RichardCroker, the political boss of Tammany Hall. Ruppert won reelection over Alderman...
Thomas Crofton Croker (15 January 1798 – 8 August 1854) was an Irish antiquary, best known for his Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland...
corruption in New York politics. In 1901 he published a biography of RichardCroker (1843–1922), a leading figure in the corrupt political machine known...
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