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Peter Barr Sweeny was born on October 9, 1825 in New York City and was the son of James and Mary (Barr) Sweeny, was born in New York City. His father was a saloon-keeper there and later engaged in the same business in Jersey City.
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Peter Barr Sweeny was born on October 9, 1825 in New York City and was the son of James and Mary (Barr) Sweeny, was born in New York City. His father was a saloon-keeper there and later engaged in the same business in Jersey City.
Peter Sweeny received some education at a parochial school and at Columbia College.
Peter Sweeny studied law in the office of James T. Brady, and in the latter place young Peter served as a waiter. He was admitted to the bar and practised successfully. He soon became interested in politics, and was active on the Tammany General Committee in 1852. In 1854 he was in Albany with his uncle, Thomas J. Barr, a state senator, lobbying in the interest of city stage-coach franchises as against street railroads.
He was elected district attorney in 1857, but broke down in his first speech before a jury and was so humiliated that he resigned his position. By the early sixties Tammany Hall was coming under the control of a small group of men, of whom Sweeny and William M. Tweed were the most important.
In 1863 Tweed became grand sachem of the Tammany Society, but Sweeny was behind the throne, working secretly as always. They now began filling important city offices with their henchmen, and the members of the "ring" were soon absolute masters of the city. Tweed is said to have feared Sweeny.
Sweeny acquired the position of city chamberlain in 1866, and Tweed testified later that he "heard" that Sweeny paid $60, 000 for the job. In 1867 he astonished the public by turning over to the city treasury $200, 000 in interest on public funds which his predecessors in the office had considered their personal perquisite. By this shrewd move he set up a specious reputation for honesty.
In 1869 he was appointed park commissioner by Mayor A. Oakey Hall. He also dealt largely in street railroad franchises. In 1869, at a meeting in Sweeny's hotel room in Albany, it was decided that fifty percent for graft should be added to all bills rendered against the city and county. Later this percentage was greatly increased. The loot thus secured was to be divided into five parts, Tweed, Sweeny, Comptroller Richard B. Connolly, and Mayor Hall receiving one share each, while the fifth share was to be used for the bribery of smaller politicians.
Sweeny's devious nature is seen in the fact that his share was always paid to him through his brother James, a city employee. When the "ring" was overthrown in 1871 Sweeny resigned his city offices and fled to Canada and from there to France.
As the trial of Tweed drew on, Sweeny offered, if guaranteed immunity from prosecution, to refund $400, 000 which "his brother James" had gotten from New York City. This deal was consummated, and after several years' residence in Paris, Sweeny, still comfortably wealthy, returned to the United States and died in 1911 at Lake Mahopac, New York.
Peter Sweeny was mostly distinguished by his collaboration with Tweed, serving as a director of the Erie Railroad, which became "a gigantic highway of robbery and disgrace". Another Sweeny's achievement was in him being appointed Director of the Tenth National Bank, in which city funds were deposited. However, his chief accomplishment came by 1852, when he became a partner in the law firm of Willard, Sweeny and Anderson, which specialized in securing exclusive franchises for private companies to provide New York City with services such as natural gas and rail or stage transportation. He was also elected in 1858 as a New York County District Attorney but resigned due to ill health.
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In his political affiliation Peter Sweeny was a Democrat. He was elected on the Democratic ticket as a New York County District Attorney in 1858, but resigned due to ill health.
Quotations:
"We were so opposite and unalike that we never got along very well".
Of himself Sweeny said modestly, "I am not and never claimed to be a leader. . I am a sort of adviser. I try to harmonize the interests of the party".
Peter Sweeny was a member of the Tammany Society.
Silent and reticent by nature, Sweeny could not speak in public, his preference being for secret or "gumshoe" methods.
It has always been asserted, and apparently upon good authority, that Sweeny was the real guiding intelligence of the "Tweed ring"; hence his initial B. was humorously supposed to stand for "Brains" or "Bismarck. "
Quotes from others about the person
On June 7, 1877, the Evening Post wrote, "Of course, nobody will be deceived by this disgraceful and offensive sham. The suit of the people was not against James M. Sweeny . .. It is known that he lived by the breath of his brother, that he was but a mere miserable tool".
Tweed testified when a witness before a special committee of the board of aldermen in 1877: "Sweeny is a hard, over-bearing, revengeful man".
Peter Sweeny married Sara Augusta Dotherty and was survived by his son.
American politician, lawyer, and writer. He served as Mayor of New York from 1869 to 1872 as a Republican.
American politician from New York
American politician most notable for being the "boss" of Tammany Hall
He was associated with James Fisk, in the manipulation of Erie Railroad stock.
