John Morrissey: From the Street’s to Politics
4 min readDec 18, 2023
John Morrissey's life and legacy have often been misrepresented due to historical biases held by his political adversaries and perpetuated by later authors like Herbert Asbury in his 1928 book "Gangs of New York". Accusations of criminal connections with Tammany Hall, leadership of the so-called Dead Rabbits gang, and involvement in the death of nativist figure William “Bill the Butcher” Poole have marred his…
