https://freerepublic.com/tag/desapio/ en-us Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:03:53 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180126/posts Carmine De Sapio, Political Kingmaker and Last Tammany Hall Boss, Dies at 95 [Yes, He Was A Democrat] Carmine G. De Sapio, the last boss of Tammany Hall, as the once-notorious Manhattan Democratic Party organization was known, died late yesterday afternoon at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan, said his daughter, Geraldine A. De Sapio. He was 95 and lived in Greenwich Village. At his apogee in the 1950's, Mr. De Sapio was credited with handpicking Robert F. Wagner Jr. as mayor of New York City and W. Averell Harriman as governor of New York State. Pundits in Washington asserted that... The New York Times https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1180126/posts#comment Wed, 28 Jul 2004 13:03:53 GMT