On July 26, 1854, World Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey challenged part-time prize-fighter and New York Whig enforcer William "Bill the Butcher" Poole to a street fight. The fight at the Amos Street Pier proved a humilation for the champion. The bad blood between the Tammany Hall enforcers led by Morrissey and Know-Nothing enforcers led by Poole culiminated in Stanwix Hall on February 25, 1855. The outcome would lead to three trials and a twenty-year campaign to rebuild a reputation.
On July 26, 1854, World Prizefighting Champion John Morrissey challenged part-time prize-fighter and New York Whig enforcer William "Bill the Butcher"...
Theodore Roosevelt became the most prestigious minor party candidate in American history, when he left the Republican Party to challenge Woodrow Wilson and William Howard Taft in the 1912 presidential contest. TR as the candidate for the newly created Progressive Party would throw a monkey wrench into the campaign. "The Bull Moose Party" would change people's perspectives on what minor party candidates could accomplish in the race to the presidency. Colonel Roosevelt's effect on the race had far reach effect for American policy before and during World War I.
Theodore Roosevelt became the most prestigious minor party candidate in American history, when he left the Republican Party to challenge Woodrow Wilso...
