[DOC] [TLE] Fernando Wood - Wikipedia [PAR] Fernando Wood (June 14, 1812  February 14, 1881) was an American politician 
of the Democratic Party and the 73rd and 75th mayor of New York City; he also ... 
He moved to New York, where he became a successful shipping merchant. ... the 
massive corruption of the force, during his first term as mayor (18551857). [DOC] [TLE] History of New York City (185597) - Wikipedia [PAR] The history of New York City (18551897) started with the inauguration in 1855 
of Fernando Wood as the first mayor from Tammany Hall, an institution .... New 
York increasingly became the national capital for tourism and ... William Tweed, 
better known as Boss Tweed, had become the sole leader of Tammany Hall by 
1867. [DOC] [TLE] Fernando Wood - Mr. Lincoln and New York [PAR] 1 Biographer Jerome Mushkat wrote that the mayor took duplicity to an extreme 
... 6 The leader of the Mozart Hall faction of New York Democrats  was equal 
measures ... Wood eventually became rich in the tried and true manners of 
American ... Mayor Fernando Wood of New York City, fearful of Republican 
success if a... [DOC] [TLE] Know Your Mayors: Fernando Wood - The Bowery Boys: New York ... [PAR] Mar 25, 2008 ... And now we come to one of New York's most notorious, absolutely in the top 10% 
of the most corrupt mayors ever in our fair city  Fernando Wood. ... By 1855, the 
year Tammany placed Wood in the mayoral seat, the Society was ... The 
Municipal Police Force under Wood became corroded with graft and... [DOC] [TLE] Fernando Wood Archives - The Bowery Boys: New York City History [PAR] And at the head of that fear-mongering group is perhaps one of the ... But he was 
politically weakened, giving up as leader of his own political ... Tammany Hall 
hosts the city's first Democratic Convention: Susan B. Anthony, ... In New York, 
former mayor and now-Congressman Fernando Wood led a ..... In office: 1853-
1855. [DOC] [TLE] Know Your Mayors Archives - Page 2 of 5 - The Bowery Boys: New ... [PAR] There's not much to say about New York mayor John P. O'Brien that's very 
positive. .... notorious, most important, even most useless, mayors of New York 
City. ... For the entirely of his three one-year terms, Colden became a pawn in the 
battle ..... in 1857 by former mayor Fernando Wood, who rebelled against 
Tammany Hall,... [DOC] [TLE] Know Your Mayors Archives - Page 5 of 5 - The Bowery Boys: New ... [PAR] Mar 25, 2008 ... And now we come to one of New York's most notorious, absolutely in the top 10% 
of the most corrupt mayors ever in our fair city  Fernando Wood. ... By 1855, the 
year Tammany placed Wood in the mayoral seat, the Society .... at City Hall, 
quickly transformed him into a popular leader, with talk of even... [DOC] [TLE] Blood in the Streets: The New York City Draft Riots [PAR] The New York City Draft Riots of July 13-16, 1863, were by some measures the 
most ... By 1855, more than a quarter of the population of both Manhattan and ... 
notorious Five Points district (portrayed in the 2002 movie The Gangs of New 
York) .... Just before the outbreak of war, the mayor was Fernando Wood, a native 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Benjamin Wood - Gotham: A Blog for Scholars of New York City ... [PAR] Sep 1, 2015 ... Benjamin Wood and New York's Southern Lotteries ... South and New York City, 
one that expanded and intensified the demand for slavery. ... The Woods and 
Mozart Hall ... and the younger brother of three-time mayor Fernando Wood. .... 
and Became The World's Most Notorious Slum (New York: Plume,... [DOC] [TLE] PART 11:THE HISTORY OF TAMMANY HALL:CIVIL WAR AND AFTER [PAR] Nov 20, 2015 ... A new city charter, adopted in 1857, changed the date of municipal ... Seven of 
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Question: In 1855 one of this notorious hall's leaders, Fernando Wood, became mayor of New York City
Answer: Tammany Hall