Why was there a lack of interest in Tammany Hall political machine ?
The Tammany Society , also known as the Society of St. Tammany , the Sons of St. Tammany , or the Columbian Order , was founded in New York on May 12 , 1789 , originally as a branch of a wider network of Tammany Societies , the first having been formed in Philadelphia in 1772 .