Tammany’s Tainted Vote: A Stain on the City’s Suffrage

On November 8, 1893, the 11th Assembly District in New York City witnessed a spectacle of election fraud that left even the most seasoned Tammany Hall operatives aghast. The Nineteenth Election District of the 11th Assembly was the epicenter of this outrage, where the Tammany machine shamelessly manipulated the vote. A Republican watcher, Bartlett, was barred from entering the count area, a brazen affront to democratic principles. This was not an isolated incident; throughout the district, citizens’ ballots were left uncounted, and election watchers were assaulted and deprived of their rights. Affidavits flooded in from outraged citizens, painting a damning picture of Tammany’s electioneering machinations.