Political club

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For the political "clubs" of Revolutionary France, see List of political groups in the French Revolution.
Thomas Nast illustrated Tammany Hall as a ferocious tiger killing democracy. The image of a tiger was often used to represent the Tammany political movement.

The political club is a feature of American urban politics usually representing a particular party in a neighborhood. They were most prominent in the later 19th and early 20th centuries, most famously in Tammany Hall of New York City, which adopted them during the golden age of fraternalism in reaction to a strong challenge from the United Labor Party in 1886.[1] Political clubs were associated with political machines and bossism, but also often saw a split between "regular" and "reform" factions. They formerly often had a prominent local clubhouse, but have declined since politics became less neighborhood-based.[2][3][4]

In the later 20th century political clubs also organized around issues, such as affiliates of the Stonewall Democrats.

References[]

  1. ^ Burrows, Edwin G. (1999). Gotham : a history of New York City to 1898. Mike Wallace. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 1108. ISBN 0-19-511634-8. OCLC 37903500.
  2. ^ Warren, Kenneth F. (2008-04-04). Encyclopedia of U.S. Campaigns, Elections, and Electoral Behavior. SAGE Publications. ISBN 978-1-4522-6587-2.
  3. ^ McGerr, Michael E. (1988-05-19). The Decline of Popular Politics: The American North, 1865-1928. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-536376-0.
  4. ^ Kilgannon, Corey (2017-09-15). "End of an Era for New York's Oldest Political Club". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
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