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Enoch L. Johnson
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Enoch L. Johnson
Enoch Lewis "Nucky" Johnson
(January 20, 1883 – December 9, 1968) was an
Atlantic City, New Jersey
political boss
and
racketeer
. He was the undisputed "boss" of the
political machine
that controlled Atlantic City and the
Atlantic County
government from the 1910s until his conviction and imprisonment in 1941. His rule encompassed the
Roaring Twenties
when Atlantic City was at the height of its popularity as a refuge from
Prohibition
. In addition to
bootlegging
, his organization also was involved in
gambling
and
prostitution
.
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