Nucky Johnson's Organization was a corrupt

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based in

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that held power during the

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. Its boss,

Enoch "Nucky" Johnson Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson (January 20, 1883December 9, 1968) was an Atlantic City, New Jersey, political boss, a sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey, a businessman and a crime boss who was the leader of the political machine that control ...

, coordinated the Organizations's bootlegging, gambling, racketeering, and prostitution activities.

Origins

Early history

Before the rise of

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Louis "Commodore" Kuehnle and

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Nucky Johnson, Atlantic City's government was run by a three-man group, including: Atlantic County Clerk Lewis P. Scott (1854-1907) and Congressman John J. Gardner (1845-1921), and

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and

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Smith E. Johnson.Johnson, Nelson. ''Boardwalk Empire'', Medford, N.J., Plexus Publishing, 2002

The Kuehnle regime

New regime

After the conviction of Kuehnle in 1911, Smith Johnson's son became boss of the organization. Under his son's new regime, the organization became more successful for the next 30 years than it would ever be.

Nucky's paradise and Prohibition

Smith Johnson's son Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson was born in 1883. Nucky became

in 1905 while his father was

of Atlantic City. The younger Johnson was eventually elected sheriff in 1908. In 1909, he became

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of the very powerful Atlantic County Republican Executive Committee.Learn, Paul. "Boss 'Nucky' Johnson is dead at 85 – Unconscious 25 Hours Before 'Time Took Him'", ''

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'', 10 December 1968, p. 1 After the conviction of Kuehnle on

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charges in 1911, the younger Johnson became

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of the organization. Johnson also held several other jobs, including: Atlantic County Treasurer (1914–1941), County Tax Collector, publisher of a weekly newspaper, bank director, president of a building and loan company, and director of a

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. Johnson was known to be a very well dressed and nice man who would rarely say no. He wore tailored suits, owned the entire ninth floor of the

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, and he owned a chauffeur-driven $14,000 1920 powder blue

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; which was his trademark car. It was known that when Nucky prospered, everyone prospered in his organization and the city. Johnson once explained, "when I lived well, everybody lived well." Johnson has been described as running his criminal-political empire with a "velvet hammer". When

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went in effect in Atlantic City in January 1920, Johnson and his organization went straight into the bootlegging business. He allied himself with several other well-known

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, including:

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(

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Charlie Luciano Charles "Lucky" Luciano (, ; born Salvatore Lucania ; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was an Italian-born gangster who operated mainly in the United States. Luciano started his criminal career in the Five Points gang and was instrumenta ...

( Masseria family

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Johnny Torrio John Donato Torrio (born Donato Torrio, ; January 20, 1882 – April 16, 1957) was an Italian born-American mobster who helped build the Chicago Outfit in the 1920s later inherited by his protégé Al Capone. Torrio proposed a National Crime Syn ...

(

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boss), and Benny Siegel ( Bugs and Meyer Mob boss). Nucky had also helped

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building constructor Edward Bader get elected as mayor in 1920. And through Bader's construction business, he built the

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in 1929. Johnson and Luciano began forming the Big Seven during the mid-to-late 1920s. The group was supposed to help solve bootlegging disputes and serve as a predecessor to the

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in the 1930s. It was around this time that Johnson met a bellhop at the Ritz, named

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; the two took an instant liking to each other. Johnson began grooming Boyd to become the next boss of his organization, and soon, Boyd was Nucky's top

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/right-hand man and controlled all of the

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, and

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s in Atlantic City.

Atlantic City Conference

From 13 to 16 May 1929, Johnson hosted the

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at the Ritz-Carlton and Ambassador Hotels on the boardwalk. Johnson made arrangements for the attendees accommodations and guaranteed there would be no interference from law enforcement since his brother, Alfred Johnson was the sheriff of Atlantic County. The leaders that thought of the conference were:

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Masseria crime family

and the former boss of Chicago's

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and Benny Siegel (bosses of the Bugs and Meyer Mob) served as the muscle/security at the conference. Delegates included several notable

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and

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, including: Alphonse "Scarface" Capone (boss of the Chicago Outfit)—who was fighting a war with the

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against Dean O'Banion's

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—,

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and

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(lieutenants in the Masseria family), Max Hoff (

Jewish mob boss),

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( Purple Gang boss),

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( D'Aquila family lieutenant), and

Gaetano Lucchese Thomas Gaetano Lucchese (born Gaetano Lucchese; ; December 1, 1899 – July 13, 1967), sometimes known by the nicknames "Tommy", "Thomas Luckese", "Tommy Brown" or "Tommy Three-Finger Brown" was an Italian-American gangster and founding member of ...

( Reina family lieutenant). Johnson's enforcer Jimmy Boyd is never mentioned by anyone to being at the convention, but since Boyd was Nucky's right-hand man and an important figure in the organization, it is most likely that he was there to help make decisions for the organization. During the late 1930s and early 1940s,

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special agent William Frank and his team of agents investigated into the activities of Johnson and his organization but were unable to do so successfully.

Frank Farley

In 1941, Johnson was convicted of

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charges and was sentenced to 10 years in a federal prison and fined $20,000. Following his conviction, New Jersey Senator Frank "Hap" Farley took over the organization.

In television

Nucky's organization is in the entire

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series ''

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'', but is named Nucky Thompson's Organization; since instead of Nucky Johnson, his name is

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. Many members of the Thompson organization are based on or were in the Johnson organization; for example: Edward Bader,

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, Louis "Commodore" Kaestner (based on Louis "Commodore" Kuehnle),

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(based on

), and Eddie Kessler (based on Johnson's German valet Louis Kessel). In the show, the organization is an official rival of Dr. Valentin Narcisse (based on Casper Holstein),

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, the D'Alessio Brothers, and an unofficial rival of

and

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. The organization is allied with

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Ralph Capone Ralph James Capone (; born Raffaele James Capone, ; January 12, 1894 – November 22, 1974) was an Italian-American Chicago mobster and an older brother of Al Capone and Frank Capone. He got the nickname "Bottles" not from involvement in the C ...

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, and

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List of known members

This is a list of the known members in the history of the organization:

Administration

Bosses

* 1870s-1890s — (''three-man ruling panel'') — John J. Gardner, Louis P. Scott and Smith E. Johnson — Kuehnle became boss in late 1890s. * Louis "Commodore" Kuehnle: 1890s-1911—Organization's founder; born in 1857, died in 1934 (76 years old). *

: 1911-1941—Organization's second leader;

; born in 1883, died in 1968 (85 years old). * Frank "Hap" Farley: 1941-1970s—Organization's last leader;

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; born in 1901, died in 1977 (75 years old).

Lieutenants

* Smith E. Johnson: 1890s-1910s—sheriff-undersheriff of Atlantic City; Johnson's father; born in ?, died in ?. * Enoch "Nucky" Johnson: 1900s-1911—sheriff-undersheriff of Atlantic City; became boss in 1909; born in 1883, died in 1968 (85 years old). * James "Jimmy" Boyd: 1920s-1970s—Fourth

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; Nucky and Farley's top

; born in 1906, died in 1974 (67 years old). * Herman "Stumpy" Orman: 1920s-1970s—Boyd's partner;

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and

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collector; born in ?, died in ? * Alfred Higabee "Alf" Johnson: mid 1910s-1940s— Atlantic County Sheriff; Nucky Johnson's brother; born in 1878, died in 1958 (80 years old).

Other members

Lower ranks

* Paul "Skinny" D'Amato: 1920s–1970s— illegal casino owner;

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and

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associate; born in 1908, died in 1984 (75 years old). * John Martino: 1920s–1940s—illegal casino owner-

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; Chicago Outfit and

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associate; born in 1910, died in 1975 (65 years old). * Fred Masucci: 1930s–1950s—

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operator; born in ?, died in ? * Ben Rubenstein: 1930s-1950s—Numbers operator and Masucci's partner; possibly

associate; born in ?, died in ? * Harold Scheper: 1920s-1950s—Numbers operator; operated in the black community; born in ?, died in ? * Harry "Cherry" Haggerty: 1930s–1960s—Numbers operator and Scheper's partner; probation with Scheper since 1947 during the Kefauver Committee; born in ?, died in ? * Francis B. Gribbin: Heroic police officer who fought against illegal gambling in Atlantic City. He and the other members of the "Four Horseman" were framed for shaking down the illegal gambling clubs and jailed. It was untrue - they were the ones who acted against illegal gaming when the Atlantic City Police Department didn't. * Jack Portock: 19??–1940s—Former corrupt policeman; part of the "Four Horsemen"; born in ?, died in ? * Frederick J. Warlich: 1919–1996;Former policeman, part of the "Four Horsemen", who fought against corruption, by shutting down Nucky's illegal gambling rings. * Francis L. Smith: 19??–1951—Former racketeer; witness at the Kefauver Committee; born in ?, died in ? * Joseph McBeth: 19??–1950s—

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of the Republican County Committee; born in ?, died in ? * Lester Burdick: 19??–1950s—Race-wire service operator; born in ?, died in ? * Louis Kessel: ??1941—Nucky's German assistant and valet; born in ?, died in ?.

Associates

: 1916?1950s— Jersey City's

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; Johnson's Democratic ally and

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; born in 1876, died in 1956 (79 years old). *

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: ????–1941—

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; Warren Harding's campaign manager; born in 1860, died in 1941 (81 years old). *

: 1920-1928— Bootlegger-

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; New York's

; born in 1882, died in 1928 (46 years old). *

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: 1920–1940s—Bootlegger and

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boss;

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boss and Commission

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; born in 1897, died in 1962 (64 years old). *

: 1910s–1940s—Former

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boss; Johnson's longtime friend; born in 1882, died in 1957 (75 years old). *

: 1920s–1950s—Founder of

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; Luciano's

counterpart; born in 1902, died in 1983 (80 years old). * Benny Siegel: 1920s–1947—Boss of

; provided the muscle for the gang; born in 1906, died in 1947 (41 years old).

References

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