Keywords: John McCunn - Brady-Handy.jpg Judge McCunn Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Brady-Handy Photograph Collection http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cwpbh 02239 CALL NUMBER LC-BH82- 4990 B <P P>P P between 1855 1865 Creator Mathew Brady PD John McCunn belonged to a poor Irish immigrant family who arrived in New York in the 1800s He worked as a dockhand before training as a lawyer and eventually becoming a judge He was a member of the infamous Tweed Ring which he aided by naturalising new citizens to boost his election rolls One one day alone he naturalised over 2 000 new voters However when the scandal was uncovered he was impeached and removed from office This summary was created using Commons SumItUp PD-old-100 LOC-image cwpbh 02239 Photographs by Mathew Brady McCunn John Judges from the United States McCunn John Impeachment in the United States Black and white photographic portraits of men McCunn John |