John Morrissey
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john-morrissey-187-5815201
title:
John Morrissey
text:
John Morrissey, also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He became a bare-knuckle boxer, challenging and defeated "Yankee Sullivan", who was then recognized as the American boxing champion. He became a professional gambler, owning gambling houses in New York City in the 1850s and 1860s. He emerged as a powerful politician and a U.S. Congressman from New York, between 1867 and 1871, backed by Tammany Hall. However, he later fell out wi
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American politician
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Morrissey
date created:
2005-02-02T21:55:20Z
date modified:
2024-09-08T14:29:01Z
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