 Richard Croker

Richard Welstead Croker Sr. (November 24, 1843 – April 29, 1922), known as "Boss Croker," was an American politician who was a leader of New York City's Tammany Hall and a political boss.Richard Croker was born in the townland of Ballyva, in the parish of Ardfield, six miles south of Clonakilty in County Cork on November 24, 1843, son of Eyre Coote Croker (1800–1881) and Frances Laura Welsted (1807–1894).