George Washington Plunkitt

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New York State politician Tammany Hall leader politician

George Washington Plunkitt was a prominent early 20th-century New York politician and Tammany Hall leader known for his candid defense of "honest graft" in machine politics.

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George Washington Plunkitt canonical 2
Plunkitt of Tammany Hall 2
Luther Plunkitt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York State politician ⓘ
Tammany Hall leader ⓘ
politician ⓘ
activeIn New York City politics ⓘ
associatedWith Democratic Party organization in Manhattan ⓘ
New York County Courthouse patronage system ⓘ
associatedWithConcept honest graft ⓘ
birthDate 1842-11-17 ⓘ
burialPlace Calvary Cemetery, Queens ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1924-11-19 ⓘ
ethnicBackground Irish-American ⓘ
familyName George Washington Plunkitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plunkitt
fullName George Washington Plunkitt self-link ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName George ⓘ
ideology machine politics ⓘ
influenced public understanding of urban political machines ⓘ
interviewedBy William L. Riordon ⓘ
knownFor candid explanations of political patronage ⓘ
defense of political patronage as beneficial to constituents ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf New York State Senate ⓘ
Tammany Hall ⓘ
notableFor advocacy of "honest graft" ⓘ
leadership in Tammany Hall ⓘ
notableQuote "I seen my opportunities and I took 'em." ⓘ
occupation politician ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
placeOfDeath New York City ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Democratic Party ⓘ
politicalBase Manhattan ⓘ
New York County ⓘ
politicalMachine Tammany Hall ⓘ
quotedIn George Washington Plunkitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
regionOfActivity New York ⓘ
surface form: New York State

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
representedDistrict New York State Senate District 15 ⓘ
surface form: New York State Senate, 15th District

New York State Senate, 16th District ⓘ
New York State Senate, 9th District ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
servedAs New York State Senator ⓘ
subjectOf George Washington Plunkitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
timePeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ

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George Washington Plunkitt → fullName → George Washington Plunkitt self-link ⓘ
George Washington Plunkitt → familyName → George Washington Plunkitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plunkitt
George Washington Plunkitt → quotedIn → George Washington Plunkitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
George Washington Plunkitt → subjectOf → George Washington Plunkitt self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Plunkitt of Tammany Hall
The Simple Truth → mainCharacter → George Washington Plunkitt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Luther Plunkitt