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14 years. Abraham Ruef (September 2, 1864 – February 29, 1936) was an American lawyer and politician. He gained notoriety as the corrupt political boss behind the administration of Mayor Eugene Schmitz of San Francisco during the period before and after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake .
Abe Ruef - America’s Most Erudite City Boss. Few figures in San Francisco’s history are as interesting, or as enigmatic, as that of its turn-of-the-century city boss, Abe Ruef. Born Abraham Rueff (he eventually dropped the second “f”) in 1864 to a prosperous Jewish merchant family in San Francisco, he was regarded as a child prodigy in his youth.
This article explores the trials of Abraham Ruef, the (in)famous founder and boss for the Union Labor Party for the Eugene Schmitz mayoral administration in San Francisco, on charges of bribery and extortion, for which he was convicted and sentenced to the maximum penalty of fourteen years in jail.
14 de may. de 2018 · An American political boss in San Francisco, Abraham Ruef (1864-1936) was convicted of bribery in a famous antigraft trial. Abraham Ruef, the son of French-Jewish immigrants, was born in San Francisco, Calif., Sept. 2, 1864. A precocious young man, he graduated in 1883 from the University of California with high honors.
As Walton Bean clearly stated in his study, Boss Ruefs San Francisco, Ruef was an opportunist. Only indirectly or by interpellation, however, can one realize that Ruef stood at the apex of no machine and that the title "boss" is therefore a confusing misnomer. Ruefs powers were derived from.
Political boss Abe Ruef of San Francisco on his way to San Quentin State Prison after he was convicted in the San Francisco Graft Trial of 1907–1908. On June 13, 1907, Mayor E.E. Schmitz was found guilty of extortion and the office of mayor was declared vacant. He was sent to jail to await sentence.
ABE RUEF IS DEAD; EX-POLITICAL BOSS; San Francisco Leader Was Sent to Prison in the Famous Graft Prosecution of 1907. HIRAM JOHNSON IN CASE Finished 106-Day Trial After Prosecutor Heney Was...
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