With Tom Pendergast stepping into Big Jim’s shoes as Alderman of the First Ward, he is continuing his predecessor’s practice of supporting and defending the downtrodden while introducing his own methodologies and stratagems to build and empire and become “King of Kansas City, Emperor of Missouri”.[1]

[1] https://pendergastkc.org/collection/10553/shsmo-c0004-f04307-0001/ghosts-heart-america/34645

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