Tammany

Meaning

Proper Noun

• Tammany Hall, a building near Union Square in New York City, formerly headquarters for the New York County Democratic Party.
• A style of corrupt democratic politics.

Origin

• Tamanend or Tammany was a chief of part of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley who became a hero to the colonists and gave his name to organizations throughout the American colonies beginning in 1772. One was New York City's Society of St. Tammany, which became the New York County Democratic Party organization.