Charles
Murphy was born in New
York City in 1858. The owner of several saloons in the city, he
took a keen interest in politics and was a member of the Democratic
Party.
Murphy's prominence in the Tammany Society
enabled him to become New York's dock commissioner. When Richard
Croker was defeated by Seith Low in 1901,
Murphy became the leader of the Tammany political machine. Over the
next few years Murphy brought about the election of three New York
City mayors, George B. McCellan, William Jay Gaynor and John F. Hylan
and helped establish the careers of Alfred
E. Smith and Robert F. Wagner. Murphy
died in 1924.
Available
from Amazon Books (order below)
