PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION (1901) v FOREWORD TO THE NEW EDITION (1917) xiii CHAPTER I RESISTANCE TO ARISTOCRACY--1789-1798 1 CHAPTER II AARON BURR AT THE HELM--1798-1802 11 CHAPTER III TAMMANY QUARRELS WITH DE WITT CLINTON--1802-1809 17 CHAPTER IV SLOW RECOVERY FROM DISASTER--1809-1815 29 CHAPTER V TAMMANY IN ABSOLUTE CONTROL--1815-1817 37 CHAPTER VI CLINTON MAINTAINS HIS SUPREMACY--1817-1820 47 CHAPTER VII THE SUFFRAGE CONTEST--1820-1822 56 CHAPTER VIII STRUGGLES OF THE PRESIDENTIAL FACTIONS--1822-1825 60 CHAPTER IX THE JACKSON ELEMENT VICTORIOUS--1825-1828 69 CHAPTER X THE WORKINGMEN’S PARTY--1829-1830 77 CHAPTER XI TAMMANY AND THE BANK CONTEST--1831-1834 85 CHAPTER XII THE EQUAL RIGHTS PARTY--1834-1837 94 CHAPTER XIII TAMMANY “PURIFIED”--1837-1838 112 CHAPTER XIV WHIG FAILURE RESTORES TAMMANY TO POWER--1838-1840 117 CHAPTER XV RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE “GANGS”--1840-1846 128 CHAPTER XVI “BARNBURNERS” AND “HUNKERS”--1846-1850 140 CHAPTER XVII DEFEAT AND VICTORY--1850-1852 150 CHAPTER XVIII “HARDSHELLS” AND “SOFTSHELLS”--1852-1858 161 CHAPTER XIX A CHAPTER OF DISCLOSURES--1853-1854 167 CHAPTER XX FERNANDO WOOD’S FIRST ADMINISTRATION--1854-1856 174 CHAPTER XXI WOOD’S SECOND ADMINISTRATION--1856-1859 181 CHAPTER XXII THE CIVIL WAR AND AFTER--1859-1867 194 CHAPTER XXIII THE TWEED “RING”--1867-1870 211 CHAPTER XXIV TWEED IN HIS GLORY--1870-1871 225 CHAPTER XXV