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Willam Bosstweed
https://www.biography.com/political-figure/boss-tweed
most known for being the boss of the Tammy Hall -
Politcal bosses
https://www.apstudynotes.org/us-history/topics/gilded-age-scandal-and-corruption/
Two types of politcal bosses either a robber baron or captin of industry both getting their money by being manipulative but captin of industry gives back -
congress
http://sageamericanhistory.net/gildedage/topics/gildedagepolitics.html: congress was known to be rowdy and made up of only rich people or business owners -
grant elected president
https://www.shmoop.com/gilded-age/timeline.html: U.S. Grants defeats Seymour and is elected president