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About Timothy Sullivan
Timothy Daniel Sullivan was a New York politician who controlled Manhattan's Bowery and Lower East Side districts as a prominent leader within Tammany Hall. He was known euphemistically 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.
Everything about Timothy Sullivan →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- United States representative, member of the State Senate of New York, member of the New York State Assembly
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- July 23, 1862
- Died
- August 31, 1913