List of identities in The Gangs of New York (book)

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This is a '''list of identities''' referenced in [[Herbert Asbury]]'s 1928 book [[The Gangs of New York (book)|'''''The Gangs of New York''''']] including underworld figures, gang members, crime fighters and others of the [[History of New York City (1855–1897)|Old New York]] era from the mid- to late 19th and early 20th century. Some were also portrayed in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2002 film ''[[Gangs of New York]]''.

This is a '''list of identities''' referenced in [[Herbert Asbury]]'s 1928 book [[The Gangs of New York (book)|'''''The Gangs of New York''''']] including underworld figures, gang members, crime fighters and others of the [[History of New York City (1855–1897)|Old New York]] era from the mid- to late 19th and early 20th century. Some were also portrayed in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s 2002 film ''[[Gangs of New York]]''.

==Gang members==

==Gang members==

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|River pirate and member of the Slaughter Housers known as "Snatchem". He also fought in illegal bare knuckle boxing matches at [[Kit Burns]]' ''Sportsman's Hall''.<ref name=A/><ref name=A2/>

|River pirate and member of the Slaughter Housers known as "Snatchem". He also fought in illegal bare knuckle boxing matches at [[Kit Burns]]' ''Sportsman's Hall''.<ref name=A/><ref name=A2/>

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|Gang leader and labor racketeer active in the Lower East Side. He was one of several men allied with Philip Paul during the first "Labor Slugger War".<ref name=A/>

|Gang leader and labor racketeer active on the Lower East Side. He was one of several men allied with Philip Paul during the first "Labor Slugger War".<ref name=A/>

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|[[Jimmy Haggerty]]

|[[Jimmy Haggerty]]

|[[File:Hugh J. Grant.jpg|55px]]

|[[File:Hugh J. Grant.jpg|55px]]

|1857–1910

|1857–1910

|Tammany Hall candidate who defeated Abram Hewitt to become Mayor of New York in 1888. His election was a result of a split between the Democrat-affiliated Tammany Hall and New York County Democracy parties. Previously closed saloons, dive bars and other establishments resumed operations, but few were able to recover from Hewitt's reforms. Much of the traditional vice district of [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] shifted to the old Tenth Ward by 1890.<ref name=A/>

|Tammany Hall candidate who defeated Abram Hewitt to become Mayor of New York in 1888. His election was a result of a split between the Democrat-affiliated Tammany Hall and New York County Democracy parties. Previously closed saloons, dive bars and other establishments resumed operations, but few were able to recover from Hewitt's reforms. Much of the traditional vice district of [[Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)|Sixth Avenue]] shifted to the old Tenth Ward by 1890.<ref name=A/>

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|[[Abram Stevens Hewitt]]

|[[Abram Stevens Hewitt]]