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Boxer, Gang leader, and Politician. John Morrissey (February 12, 1831 – May 1, 1878), also known as Old Smoke, was an Irish American politician, bare-knuckle boxing champion, and criminal. He was born in 1831 in Ireland. His parents moved to New York State when he was a young child.
- John Morrissey, Jr
- William R. Roberts
5 de abr. de 2024 · John Morrissey, who was born in Templemore, Co Tipperary, may be the most interesting Irish immigrant that you’ve never heard of. Morrissey lived the real-life story of the world portrayed in...
- Frederick Wertz
John Morrisey. John Morrissey (nacido el 12 de febrero de 1831 en el Condado de Tipperary, República de Irlanda y fallecido el 1 de mayo de 1878 en Troy, Nueva York) también conocido como "Old Smoke", fue un boxeador de los que no usaban guantes, y miembro de una pandilla de Nueva York en la década de 1850, años más tarde terminó ...
- "Old Smoke"
- Troy
- Sin guantes
A fighting spirit will get you a long way in politics, as John Morrissey’s life shows. He was born in 1831 in Co Tipperary, the family emigrating shortly afterwards to settle in Troy, New...
12 de feb. de 2021 · John Morrissey was born in Ireland on February 12th, in 1831. As a result of bigoted attacks by his political enemies being carried forward by later writers like Herbert Asbury in Gangs of New York (1928), he’s been falsely accused of being in criminal league with Tammany Hall, for leading “the dead rabbits gang,” and for being ...
5 de feb. de 2021 · John Morrissey. Of all the longshots to achieve improbable glory in the storied history of American thoroughbred racing, there is arguably no more astonishing rags-to-riches odyssey than that of John Morrissey, the driving force behind the inaugural Saratoga meeting in 1863 and the founder of Saratoga Race Course.
A poor Irish immigrant, John Morrissey grew up in Troy, New York. He was allowed one year of school before becoming a manual laborer. Head of a gang of young toughs, Morrissey had frequent run-ins with the police—an inauspicious start for a man who later became a U.S. congressman. After Morrissey took a bartending job in Troy, his boss tried ...
