Proper noun
Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party.
The nickname of the New York County Democratic Party, until the success of reform elements in the 1970s.
A style of corrupt democratic politics.
Source: en.wiktionary.orgA flamboyant politician, he was a liberal Democrat and part of the powerful Tammany Hall machine. Source: Internet
Ackerman, p. 2 Tweed was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1852 and the New York County Board of Supervisors in 1858, the year he became the head of the Tammany Hall political machine. Source: Internet
Although he held numerous important public offices and was one of a handful of senior leaders of Tammany Hall, as well as the state legislature and the state Democratic Party, Tweed was never the sole "boss" of New York City. Source: Internet
Bernie Sanders, and even more so Tulsi Gabbard, have been systematically rigged out of the “Democratic” Party’s contest, right down to the good old Tammany Hall counting (or not counting) of their votes. Source: Internet
But this rather lackluster address was eclipsed by the seconding speech of Edward S. Bragg of Wisconsin, who roused the delegates with a memorable slap at Tammany. Source: Internet
The Democrats and their patronage systems, like Tammany Hall in New York and Richard Daley’s machine in Chicago, set some dismal precedents. Source: Internet