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Tamanend or Tammany (died c.1698) was sachem ("chief" or "king") of one of the clans of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the time Philadelphia was established. He made treaties with the English settlers led by William Penn who established Pennsylvania.
"Saint Tammany" was adopted as "patron saint" by native-born Americans from late colonial times through the American Revolution. Fanciful legends were added to the few known historical facts. Fraternal Tammany Societies existed through the eastern states; the most prominent was at Tammany Hall in New York City, which became the seat of a major political machine of the Democratic Party from its foundation till the 1960s.