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The Pendergast machine

A history of the Kansas City Democratic political organization started by Jim Pendergast who expanded his power base from a few local wards to the whole state of Missouri in the 1880's.

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  • "From the 1890's to 1939 Jim Pendergast and his younger brother Tom built and ran the notorious political machine of Kansas City. Amid struggle, scandal, and gangsterism, the Pendergast "Goat" party manufactured judges, police, govenors, and congressmen. The machine's gearwork eventually produced a president of the United States: Harry S. Truman. The construction, engineering, and collapse of the Pendergast machine have become a classic case of American urban bossism."
  • "A history of the Kansas City Democratic political organization started by Jim Pendergast who expanded his power base from a few local wards to the whole state of Missouri in the 1880's."@en

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