During the late 1800s, Thomas Nast was best known as Responses a political opponent of William Tweed’s who served as governor of New York a political opponent of William Tweed’s who served as governor of New York a critic of the Tweed Ring who published exposés about Boss Tweed a critic of the Tweed Ring who published exposés about Boss Tweed an immigrant who was helped by Tweed and went on to a successful political career an immigrant who was helped by Tweed and went on to a successful political career a critic of Tweed who sketched political cartoons exposing his corruption