Chicago’s Machine beat its life expectancy by 40+ years because it loved family. In the early 1930s, Democratic machines across the US faced imminent collapse. Robert Caro details the end of New York’s Tammany Hall in "The Power Broker," for example. Yet, following Mayor Cermak’s assassination, a handful of men, namely Jacob Arvey, saved Chicago's Machine from the same fate.
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Chicago’s Machine beat its life expectancy by 40+ years because it loved family. In the early 1930s, Democratic machines across the US faced imminent collapse. Robert Caro details the end of New York’s Tammany Hall in "The Power Broker," for example. Yet, following Mayor Cermak’s assassination, a handful of men, namely Jacob Arvey, saved Chicago's Machine from the same fate.