Timothy Sullivan
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 8th district |
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In office March 4, 1903 – July 27, 1906 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas J. Creamer |
| Succeeded by | Daniel J. Riordan |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 12th district |
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In office January 1, 1909 – December 31, 1912 |
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| Preceded by | William Sohmer |
| Succeeded by | John C. Fitzgerald |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 11th district |
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In office January 1, 1896 – December 31, 1902 |
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| Preceded by | Joseph C. Wolff |
| Succeeded by | John C. Fitzgerald |
| Member of the New York Senate from the 9th district |
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In office January 1, 1894 – December 31, 1895 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas F. Cunningham |
| Succeeded by | Julius L. Wieman |
| Member of the New York State Assembly from the New York County, 2nd district |
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In office January 1, 1887 – December 31, 1893 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas Maher |
| Succeeded by | Michael J. Callahan |
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July 23, 1862 Manhattan, New York |
| Died | August 31, 1913 (aged 51) Bronx, New York |
| Political party | Democratic |
Timothy Daniel Sullivan (July 23, 1862 – August 31, 1913) was a New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was euphemistically known as "Dry Dollar", as the "Big Feller", and, later, as "Big Tim" (because of his physical stature). He amassed a large fortune as a businessman running vaudeville and legitimate theaters, as well as nickelodeons, race tracks and athletic clubs. Sullivan in 1911 pushed through the legislature the Sullivan Act, an early gun control measure. He was a strong supporter of organized labor and women's suffrage. The newspapers depicted Big Tim as the spider in the center of the web, overstating his criminal activities and his control over gambling in the city. Welch says that, "assigning the role of vice lord to Sullivan gave Tammany's enemies a weapon to be wielded in every municipal election between 1886 and 1912.
He was born in the slum of Five Points to Daniel O. Sullivan and his wife Catherine Connelly (or Conley), immigrants from Kenmare, County Kerry, Ireland. His father, a Union veteran of the American Civil War, died of Typhus in October 1867 at age thirty-six, leaving his wife to care for their four children. Three years later, Catherine Sullivan married again to an alcoholic laborer of Irish descent named Lawrence Mulligan, having six children by him.
At age eight, Tim Sullivan began shining shoes and selling newspapers on Park Row in lower Manhattan. By his mid-twenties, he was the part or full owner of six saloons, which was the career of choice for aspiring politicians. Sullivan attracted the attention of local politicians, notably Thomas "Fatty" Walsh, a prominent Tammany Hall ward leader and father of stage actress Blanche Walsh.
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