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Tammany Hall

noun

  1. a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society Tammany Society and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
  2. the building in which the Tammany organization had its headquarters.

Tammany Hall

/ ˈtæmənɪ /

noun

  1. politics the central organization of the Democratic Party in New York county. Originally founded as a benevolent society ( Tammany Society ) in 1789, Tammany Hall was notorious for the corruption in city and state politics that it fostered in the 19th and early 20th centuries Also calledTammany

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Derived Forms

  • ˈTammanyite, noun
  • ˈTammanyism, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of Tammany Hall1

Named after Tammany (variant of Tamanen, Tammenund ), 17th-century Delaware Indian chief, later facetiously canonized as patron saint of U.S.

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