A POLITICAL HISTORY
OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK

BY
DeALVA STANWOOD ALEXANDER, A.M., LL.D.
Member of Congress, Formerly United States Attorney
for the Northern District of New York

NEW YORK
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1906 and 1909

CONTENTS

VOL. I

CHAPTERPAGE
[I. A Colony Becomes a State. 1774-1776][1]
[II. Making a State Constitution. 1777][8]
[III. George Clinton Elected Governor. 1777][17]
[IV. Clinton and Hamilton. 1783-1789][23]
[V. George Clinton's Fourth Term. 1789-1792][37]
[VI. George Clinton Defeats John Jay. 1792-1795][50]
[VII. Recognition of Earnest Men. 1795-1800][64]
[VIII. Overthrow of the Federalists. 1798-1800][78]
[IX. Mistakes of Hamilton and Burr. 1800][94]
[X. John Jay and DeWitt Clinton. 1800][107]
[XI. Spoils and Broils of Victory. 1801-1803][115]
[XII. Defeat of Burr and Death of Hamilton. 1804][129]
[XIII. The Clintons Against the Livingstons. 1804-1807][147]
[XIV. Daniel D. Tompkins and DeWitt Clinton. 1807-1810][158]
[XV. Tompkins Defeats Jonas Platt. 1810][173]
[XVI. DeWitt Clinton and Tammany. 1789-1811][180]
[XVII. Banks and Bribery. 1791-1812][186]
[XVIII. Clinton and the Presidency. 1812][199]
[XIX. Quarrels and Rivalries. 1813][211]
[XX. A Great War Governor. 1812-1815][219]
[XXI. Clinton Overthrown. 1815][231]
[XXII. Clinton's Rise To Power. 1815-1817][241]
[XXIII. Bucktail and Clintonian. 1817-1819][253]
[XXIV. Re-election of Rufus King. 1819-1820][263]
[XXV. Tompkins' Last Contest. 1820][273]
[XXVI. The Albany Regency. 1820-1822][283]
[XXVII. Third Constitutional Convention. 1821][295]
[XXVIII. Second Fall of DeWitt Clinton. 1822][312]
[XXIX. Clinton again in the Saddle. 1823-1824][321]
[XXX. Van Buren Encounters Weed. 1824][334]
[XXXI. Clinton's Coalition With Van Buren. 1825-1828][344]
[XXXII. Van Buren Elected Governor. 1828][357]
[XXXIII. William H. Seward and Thurlow Weed. 1830][370]
[XXXIV. Van Buren's Enemies Make Him Vice President. 1829-1832][382]
[XXXV. Formation of the Whig Party. 1831-1834][392]

VOL. II

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[I. Van Buren and Abolition. 1833-1837][1]
[II. Seward Elected Governor. 1836-1838][15]
[III. The Defeat of Van Buren for President. 1840][31]
[IV. Humiliation of the Whigs. 1841-1842][47]
[V. Democrats Divide into Factions. 1842-1844][56]
[VI. Van Buren Defeated at Baltimore. 1844][65]
[VII. Silas Wright and Millard Fillmore. 1844][76]
[VIII. The Rise of John Young. 1845-1846][90]
[IX. Fourth Constitutional Convention. 1846][103]
[X. Defeat and Death of Silas Wright. 1846-1847][114]
[XI. The Free-Soil Campaign. 1847-1848][129]
[XII. Seward Splits the Whig Party. 1849-1850][145]
[XIII. The Whigs' Waterloo. 1850-1852][159]
[XIV. The Hards and the Softs. 1853][180]
[XV. A Breaking-up of Party Ties. 1854][190]
[XVI. Formation of the Republican Party. 1854-1855][205]
[XVII. First Republican Governor. 1856][222]
[XVIII. The Irrepressible Conflict. 1857-1858][243]
[XIX. Seward's Bid for the Presidency. 1859-1860][256]
[XX. Dean Richmond's Leadership at Charleston. 1860][270]
[XXI. Seward Defeated at Chicago. 1860][281]
[XXII. New York's Control at Baltimore. 1860][294]
[XXIII. Raymond, Greeley, and Weed. 1860][305]
[XXIV. Fight of the Fusionists. 1860][324]
[XXV. Greeley, Weed, and Secession. 1860-1861][334]
[XXVI. Seymour and the Peace Democrats. 1860-1861][346]
[XXVII. Weed's Revenge Upon Greeley. 1861][361]
[XXVIII. Lincoln, Seward, and the Union. 1860-1861][367]
[XXIX. The Weed Machine Crippled. 1861][388]

VOL. III