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See also:CROKER, See also:RICHARD (1843– ) , See also:American politician, was See also:born at Blackrock, See also:Ireland, on the 24th of See also:November 1843. He was taken to the See also:United States by his parents when two years old, and was educated in the public See also:schools of New See also:York
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See also:City, where he eventually became a member of Tammany See also:- HALL
- HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
- HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
- HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
- HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
- HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
- HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
- HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
- HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
- HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
- HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
- HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
- HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
- HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
- HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
- HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
- HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
- HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)
Hall and active in its politics. He was an See also:alderman from 1868 to 1870, a See also:coroner from 1873 to 1876, a See also:fire See also:commissioner in 1883 and 1887, and city See also:- CHAMBERLAIN (0. Fr. chamberlain, chamberlenc, Mod. Fr. chambellan, from O. H. Ger. Chamarling, Chamarlinc, whence also the Med. Lat. cambellanus, camerlingus, camerlengus; Ital. camerlingo; Span. camerlengo, compounded of 0. H. Ger. Chamara, Kamara [Lat.
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSEPH (1836— )
- CHAMBERLAIN, JOSHUA LAWRENCE (1828– )
- CHAMBERLAIN, SIR NEVILLE BOWLES (1820-1902)
chamberlain from 1889 to 189o. After the fall of See also:John See also:Kelly he became the See also:leader of Tammany Hall (q.v.), and for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time almost completely controlled the organization. His greatest See also:political success was his bringing about the See also:election of See also:Robert A. See also:van Wyck as first See also:mayor of greater New York in 1897, and during van Wyck's See also:administration Croker is popularly supposed to have dominated completely the See also:government of the city. After Croker's failure to " carry " the city in the presidential election of 190o and the defeat of his mayoralty See also:candidate, See also:Edward M. Shepard, in 1901, he resigned from his position of leadership in Tammany, and retired to a See also:country See also:life in See also:England and Ireland. In 1907 he won the See also:Derby with his See also:race-See also:horse Orby.
End of Article: CROKER, RICHARD (1843– )
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