A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

INDEX TO VOLUMES I-III

Abolitionists, denounced by press, ii. [9];
by meetings, [10];
influence of, 1838, [25];
1844, [82];
rapidly increasing strength, [89];
unite with Hunkers and Barnburners, 1849, [150];
separate nominations, 1850, [156];
election of Smith to Congress, [179];
nomination of Douglass for sec. of state, [216];
favour peaceable secession, [336].
Adams, Charles Francis, choice for President of Lib. Rep. leaders, iii. [282];
defeated, [285].
Adams-Jackson campaign, resembled that of Blaine-Cleveland, i. [367-8].
Adams, John, cautioned not to speak of independence, i. [2];
on Jay's state constitution, [8];
suggests council of appointment, [8];
anxiety to have his son President, [240].
Adams, John Quincy, unpopularity of, i. [358];
an anti-mason, [361];
scene when elected President, [343];
action of Van Rensselaer, [343].
Administration Whigs, followers of Fillmore, ii. [157];
unite with Dems. for Seymour's election, 1850, [157].
Albany, political centre, i. [375].
Albany Argus, on Clinton's loss of canal patronage, i. [261];
paper of Edwin Croswell, [294];
Seward's "forty million debt," ii. [35];
on secession, [346].
Albany Evening Journal, established March, 1830, i. [374];
Thurlow Weed its first editor, [374];
salary of, [374];
largest circulation in U.S., [375].
Albany Regency, when established, i. [293-4];
original members of, [293-4];
other members, [294];
Thurlow Weed on, [294];
supports Crawford, 1824, [324];
removes Clinton from canal com., [328];
influence ended, ii. [53].
Albany Register, attacks Burr, i. [123].
Alberger, Franklin A., candidate for canal com., 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29];
renominated, 1864, [117], note;
elected, [125].
Alien and Sedition Acts, overthrow Federal party, i. [84];
approved by Jay, [85];
Adams responsible for, [88].
Allen, Peter, treatment of Fellows, i. [256].
Allen, William F., Richmond's choice for gov., 1864, iii. [117];
nominated for comp., 1869, [226];
elected, [227].
Alvord, Thomas G., the Onondaga Chief, Speaker of Assembly, iii. [22];
ch'm. People's Union con., [22];
elected to Assembly, [29];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1864, [117], note;
elected, [125].
"Amens," The, cradle of, iii. [58].
American Citizen and Watchtower, controlled by Clinton, i. [122];
edited by Cheetham, [122];
attack on Burr, [122-3].
American Colonization Society, history of, ii. [7];
forms republic of Liberia, [8].
American party, see [Native American party].
Anderson, Robert H., nominated for prison insp., 1876, iii. [346];
defeated, [350].
Andrew, John A., gov. of Massachusetts, i. [274];
Tompkins compared to, [274];
opinion of Brown, ii. [269].
Andrews, Charles, nominated for chief judge Court of Appeals, 1882, iii. [494];
defeated, [498].
Anti-Federalists, organisation of, i. [38];
in majority, [38];
elect gov., 1789, [44];
also, 1792, [56];
defeated, 1795, [65];
1798, [82];
become known as Republicans, [80].
"Anti-Jackson," "Anti-Mortgage," "Anti-Regency" factions unite as Whigs, i. [399].
Anti-Masons, bolted Thompson in 1828, i. [363];
nominated Granger, [363];
substituted Southwick, [364];
ticket defeated, [368];
issues of, broadened, [376];
nominated Granger, 1830, [376];
defeat of, [377];
nominated Wirt for President, 1832, [392];
in accord with National Republicans, [392];
nominated Granger, 1832, [393];
electoral ticket of, [393];
reason for defeat, [396];
party dissolved, [398];
become Whigs, [399].
Anti-Masonry, becomes political, i. [360];
excitement, [360];
confined to western half of state, [360];
Van Buren on, [365];
semi-religious, [370];
sudden reaction, [398];
popularity of Free-Masonry, [398].
Anti-Nebraska convention, ii. [194];
prominent men present, [194];
reassembles, [201];
forerunner of Republican party, [194].
Anti-Rent party, organisation of, ii. [82-3];
contest over constitutional convention, [97];
support Young for gov., [118-9];
influence of, 1848, [139].
Anti-Tammany organisations, 1871, iii. [268];
names and strength, [268], note;
unwilling to accept Kelly, [299].
Apollo Hall, organisation of, iii. [308];
combination with, rejected by Tam., [308];
accepted by Reps., [308].
Arbitrary arrests, opposition to, iii. [19], [20], [47], [58].
"Aristides," nom de plume of William P. Van Ness, i. [123]-6.
Armstrong, Cornelius W., nominated for canal com., 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135].
Armstrong, John, author of Newburgh Letters, i. [89];
opposes Alien-Sedition laws, [89];
brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, [116];
elected to U.S. Senate, [116];
resigned, [118];
minister to France, [150];
opposes Clinton, [204];
changed views, [204];
Tompkins jealous of, [216];
character and career of, [216];
sec. of war, [216], [222];
Spencer, a friend of, [216];
plan of Canada campaign, [222];
failure of, [223];
puts Wilkinson in command, [223];
plans again fail, [224-5];
promotes Brown and Scott, [225];
resigns in disgrace, [227];
Madison's dislike of, [238].
Arthur, Chester A., early career and character, iii. [399-402];
becomes collector of port, 1871, [399];
his successor appointed, 1877, [399];
reasons for, [399], [402];
successor defeated, [404-5];
President suspends him, 1878, [406];
reason for, [406], [408];
his defence, [408];
successor confirmed, [409];
name suggested for Vice-President, 1880, [444];
will not listen to Conkling's objection, [444];
Conkling refuses to present name to Nat. con., [444];
Woodford presents it, [444];
nominated on first ballot, [445];
people's reception of nomination, [445];
Sherman indignant, [445], note;
Mrs. Blaine's opinion of, [446];
career a study of evolution of character, [446];
supports Crowley for U.S. Senate, 1881, [465];
tries to compromise Robertson's appointment, 1881, [472];
becomes President, 1881, [485];
confidence expressed in, [485];
appointments favourably received, [486];
defeats Cornell's renomination, 1882, [493];
disastrous result, [498].
Assembly, Provincial, refuses to approve proceedings of Congress, i. [4].
Assembly, State, original membership of, i. [9];
election of, [9];
how apportioned, [9];
powers of, [9];
elected by, [9].
Astor, John Jacob, approves books of Tammany's city comptroller, 1870, iii. [245].
Astor, William B., contribution to fusion ticket, ii. [332].
Auburn, gloom over Seward's defeat, ii. [290-1], note.
Babcock, George R., declines nomination for state comp., 1875, iii. [325].
Bacon, Ezekiel, in constitutional convention, 1846, ii. [103].
Bacon, Theodore, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii. [284];
attends its Nat. con., [284];
denounces Fenton's scheme, [284].
Bacon, William J., congressman from Oneida district, iii. [385];
supports President Hayes, [385];
speech for, [385].
Bailey, B. Prentiss, Utica Observer, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Bailey, Theodorus, urged for appointment, i. [121];
Clinton's agent, [152];
elected to U.S. Senate, [156].
Balcom, Ransom, reputation as a judge, iii. [166];
aspires to U.S. Senate, 1865, [166].
Ballard, Horatio, nominated for sec. of state, 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29].
Baltimore convention, 1860, ii. [294-303];
Seymour strengthened, [294];
New York in control, [294], note;
seceding delegations wish to return, [295];
bitter debate, [296-7];
New York admits contestants, [300];
states secede, [300];
Soule's speech, [300-1];
Douglas nominated, [302];
Fitzpatrick nominated for Vice-President, [302];
Johnson substituted, [302].
Baltimore Union Convention, 1864, iii. [93-5];
its platform and nominees, [94].
Banks, Republicans opposed to, i. [186];
Hamilton secures charters, [186];
clever trick of Burr, [187];
State Bank of Albany, [187];
Merchants' Bank of New York, [189];
Bank of America, [191];
charter granted, [197].
Bank of Albany, incorporation of, i. [186].
Bank of America of New York, incorporation of, i. [191];
inducements for, [191].
Bank of Columbia at Hudson, incorporation of, i. [186].
Bank of New York, incorporation of, i. [186].
Barker, George P., at.-gen., ii. [52].
Barkley, Alexander, nominated for canal com., 1868, iii. [196];
defeated, [215];
renominated, 1870, [238];
defeated, [244];
renominated, 1871, [264];
elected, [275].
Barlow, Francis C., record as a soldier, iii. [129];
nominated for sec. of state, 1865, [130];
elected, [135];
not renominated, 1867, [174];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1871, [264];
elected, [275];
fine record of, [307];
dropped as atty.-gen., 1873, [307].
Barnard, David, popular anti-masonic preacher, i. [370].
Barnard, George G., Tweed's trusted judge, iii. [177];
foppish dress, [177];
appearance of, [177];
begins 1857 as recorder, [177];
advanced to Sup. Court, 1860, [177];
part in election frauds, 1868, [216];
fraudulent naturalisations, [216-8];
exposure, [246];
impeached, [248];
death, [248].
Barnburners, Dem. faction, ii. [126];
why so called, [126];
leaders of, [126-7];
hostility to Hunkers, [127];
secede from Dem. con., 1847, [127];
withdraw from Baltimore con., [130];
hold Utica con., [131];
nominate Van Buren for President, [131];
two factions of, [131];
leading members, [131];
Buffalo con., 1848, [132];
indorsed Van Buren for President, [133];
Webster's pun, [133];
nominated Dix for gov., [133];
Seymour unites them with Hunkers, [149];
nominated Seymour for gov., 1850, [156];
defeated, [158];
support Marcy for President, 1852, [169-72];
support Pierce and Seymour, 1852, [169-78];
succeed, [178];
Hunkers secede, 1853, [180-5];
nominate separate ticket, [184];
approved canal amendment, [184];
called Softshells or Softs, [185];
see [Softs].
Barney, Hiram C., appointed collector of port of New York, ii. [390];
choice of Lincoln, [390-6];
mysterious influence in favour of, [393];
career of, [395];
crippled Weed machine, [395-6];
Lincoln plans to transfer him, iii. [85];
sustained by Chase, [85];
unsatisfactory collector, [85];
Lincoln promises Weed to remove him, [87];
Draper appointed in his place, [97].
Barnum, Henry W., record as a soldier, iii. [129];
nominated for prison insp., 1865, [130];
elected, [135];
renominated, 1867, [196];
defeated, [215].
Barstow, Gamaliel H., cand. for lt.-gov., 1836, ii. [12];
career of, [13];
defeated, [14];
state treas., [18];
withdraws from politics, [38].
Bascom, Oliver, nominated for canal com., 1868, iii. [207];
elected, [215].
Bates, James K., nominated for prison insp., 1863, iii. [76];
elected, [83].
Bayard, James A., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. [289], note;
attitude toward Tilden, [354].
Beach, Allen C., nominated for lt.-gov., 1868, iii. [207];
elected, [215];
renominated, [231];
elected, [244];
aspires to be gov., 1872, [297];
nominated for sec. of state, 1877, [384];
vigorously opposed in campaign, [387];
elected, [387];
renominated, 1879, [424];
defeated, [427].
Beach, John H., Seward's reliance upon, ii. [34].
Beale, Charles L., in Congress, ii. [339], note;
disapproved Weed's compromise, [339], note.
Beardsley, Samuel, leads Dem. forces in Congress, ii. [1];
heads mob against anti-slavery meeting, [6];
character of, [53].
Beauregard, Pierre T., at Charleston, S.C., iii. [2];
reduces Fort Sumter, [3];
at Bull Run, [11].
Beebe, George M., strong supporter of Tammany, iii. [383].
Beecher's Bibles, Sharpe's rifles, ii. [224].
Beecher, Henry Ward, active against repeal of Missouri compromise, ii. [193];
in campaign, 1860, [240];
political sermons of, [329];
indifference to secession, [334];
peaceable secession, [336].
Resents Lincoln's relations with Conservatives, iii. [90];
forsakes Johnson, [163];
denounces his vicious course, [163];
supports Rep. ticket, [163];
on Cornell's defeat, 1882, [495].
Beekman, John P., ambitious to be gov., ii. [172-3].
Belmont, August, at Charleston convention, ii. [272];
approves Weed's compromise, [338], [341];
del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. [101];
1872, [287];
Ch'm. of nat. ex. com., [287].
Belmont, Perry, presented for gov., 1882, iii. [488].
Bemis, Horace, threatens to bolt leg. caucus, iii. [53], note.
Bennett, James Gordon, editor of N.Y. Herald, iii. [36];
contest with Greeley, [36];
favours Dix for gov., [42].
Benson, Egbert, atty.-gen., i. [16];
at Hartford con., [28];
at Annapolis, [29];
in Legislature, [33];
action on Federal Constitution, [33];
elected to Congress, [44];
appointed to Supreme Court, [61].
Benton, Thomas H., on Van Buren's conscription law, i. [232];
on Van Buren's rejection as minister, [389].
Betts, Samuel R., appointed to Supreme Court, i. [322].
Bigelow, John, ch'm. of Tilden's canal com., 1875, iii. [323];
declines Rep. nomination for state comp., 1874, [325];
accepts Dem. nomination for sec. of state, 1874, [326];
elected, [331];
Tilden's spokesman at Nat. con., 1876, [342];
bitterly opposed for renomination as sec. of state, [380];
defeated, [384].
Birdsall, John, on Supreme Court, i. [348];
induced to leave Anti-Masons, [397].
Birdsall, John, State senator, iii. [437];
declares he will vote for Blaine, 1880, [437].
Black, Jeremiah S., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. [289], note.
Blaine, James G., oratorical castigation of Conkling, iii. [168];
supported by Robertson, 1876, [335];
thought Dems. lacked firmness, 1877, [355];
why Dems. favoured Electoral Com., [355];
supports Conkling in contest to remove Arthur and Cornell, [405];
a striking tableau, [405-6];
again supports Conkling, [410];
name loudly applauded in state con., 1880, [433];
resented by Conkling, [433];
gets eighteen votes from N.Y., 1880, [441];
part in Robertson's appointment, [469-71];
Conkling's lack of confidence in, [471];
influence in Cornell's councils, 1882, [492].
Blair, Montgomery, letter to Welles, ii. [192].
Blatchford, Richard M., approved Weed's compromise, ii. [338];
acts as agent for the Government, iii. [7];
attends Saratoga con., 1866, [144];
thought Morgan's backbone missing, [222].

Blatchford, Samuel, law partner of Seward, ii. [165];
defeated for Supreme Court, [165].
Bliss, Archibald M., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296];
on com. to confer with Dems., [296].
Bostwick, William L., nominated for state treas., 1877, iii. [377];
defeated, [387].
Bouck, William C., compared with Young, ii. [53];
named for gov., 1840, [54];
defeated, [54];
renominated, 1842, [54];
elected, [55];
canal policy, [56];
nepotism of, [57];
defeated for renomination, [77-8];
in constitutional con., 1846, [103];
appointed sub-treas., [119];
reasons for it, [119], [123].
Boutwell, George S., compliments Weed, iii. [58];
about Robertson's election, 1881, [469-70].
Bowles, Samuel J., on Weed as a manager, ii. [283].
Bradford, George P., delegate to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296].
Bradish, Luther, speaker of Assembly, ii. [18];
defeated for nomination for gov., 1838, [19-21];
nominated for lt.-gov., [21];
nominated for gov., 1842, [51];
defeated, [55].
Bradley, George B., nominated for Court of Appeals, 1878, iii. [393];
defeated, [397].
Brady, James T., in campaign of 1852, ii. [178];
nominated for atty.-gen. by Hunkers, [183];
nominated for gov. by Hards, [325];
popularity of, [325];
defeat of, [333];
delegate to seceding states, [351-2].
Sympathy with the South, iii. [4];
tendered nomination for mayor, 1861, [30];
refused it, [30];
loyalty of, [59];
addresses to Union League, 1863, [59];
declines state comptrollership, 1863, [74];
active in campaign, 1867, [186].
Bribery, in chartering Albany State Bank, i. [186-7];
Purdy charged with, [190];
Thomas and Southwick indicted and acquitted, [191-4].
Bristol, Wheeler H., nominated for state treas., 1869, iii. [226];
elected, [227];
renominated, 1871, [273];
defeated, [275].
Brockway, Beman, Watertown Times, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Bronson, Greene C., appointed atty.-gen., i. [383];
character and career of, [383-4]; ii. [196];
declines to support Softs, [186];
removed as collector, [187];
Greeley on, [187], [189];
nominated for gov. by Hards, [196];
inconsistency of, [196];
at peace congress, [350];
stands with Lincoln, iii. [15].
Brooks, Erastus, nominated for gov., ii. [238];
early career of, [238];
N.Y. Express, conspicuous as an editor, iii. [420].
Brooks, James, founded N.Y. Express, ii. [238];
early career of, [238];
forces nomination of Seymour, iii. [38];
controls Cons. Union con., 1863, [79];
connection with Crédit Mobilier, [309], note;
death, [309], note;
a leading Dem. editor, [420].
Broome, John, candidate for lt.-gov., 1804, i. [129];
death and career of, [180].
Brouck, Francis C., nominated for state treas., 1861, iii. [21], note;
declined to accept, [24].
Brown, D.D.S., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296];
on com. to confer with Dems., [296].
Brown, Jacob, valour at Sackett's Harbour, i. [223];
promoted, [225];
character and career of, [225];
on Niagara frontier, [226];
brilliant leadership, [227].
Brown, John, raid of, ii. [259];
career of, [259-60];
Douglas on, [260];
Emerson on, [260];
Thoreau on, [260];
Longfellow on, [260];
Lincoln on, [264];
Seward on, [266-7];
Andrew on, [269].
Brown, John W., nominated for judge Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135].
Brown University, William L. Marcy, graduate of, i. [292].
Bruce, Benjamin F., candidate for canal com., 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29];
renominated, 1863, [76];
elected, [83].
Bryant, William Cullen, in campaign of 1844, ii. [84];
original Barnburner, [131];
supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, [177];
theory of, [177], note;
active in campaign of 1856, [240];
meets Lincoln, [266];
ch'm. of Lincoln meeting, [263];
opposes Seward for President, [285];
elector-at-large, [328];
opposes Seward for sec. of state, [394].
Favours postponing Nat. Rep. Con., 1864, iii. [88];
resents Lincoln's relations with Seward and Weed, [90];
denounces expulsion of Louisiana legislators, [328].
Buchanan, James, nominated for President, ii. [228];
supported by Hards, [227-8];
Softs forced to vote for, [227-8];
criticised by Southern press, iii. [10].
Bucktails, followers of Van Buren, i. [251];
origin of name, [251].
Bucktails and Clintonians, 1820, two opposing parties, i. [273].
Buel, Jesse, cand. for gov., 1836, ii. [12];
career and gifts of, [12];
defeated, [13].
Buffalo, burned by British, i. [224];
Clinton predicts its great growth, [243].
Bull Run, battle of, iii. [11-12];
Scott did not approve, [11];
Lincoln favoured it, [11];
urged by the N.Y. Tribune, [11].
Burr, Aaron, with Arnold at Quebec, i. [5];
supports Yates for gov., [43];
atty.-gen., [45];
early career, [45];
his character, [45];
first meeting with Hamilton, [45-6];
opinion of Washington, [46];
legend as to Hamilton and, [46];
atty.-gen., [46-7];
elected to U.S. Senate, [49];
ambitious to be gov., [50];
checked by Clinton and Hamilton, [50];
non-attention to public business, [55];
referee in Clinton-Jay contest, [57];
undertakes to carry New York, [89];
skilful methods of, [90];
meets Hamilton at the polls, [91];
courtesy of, [91];
style of speaking, [91];
Root's opinion of, [91];
party triumphant, [91];
cand. for Vice-President, [98];
the tie vote, [98];
favours Jefferson's election, [98];
supported by Federalists, [98-9];
silent as to result, [102];
Van Ness, as a go-between, [103];
deceived by Edward Livingston, [103];
defeated for President, [104];
elected Vice-President, [104];
eulogised by Jefferson, [104];
sudden change toward, [105];
personal appearance, [106];
president constitutional con., [115];
helped Clinton's control, [115-6];
Clinton's dislike of, [116];
Clinton determines to destroy him, [116];
friends without an office, [119];
turns against Jefferson and Clinton, [121-2];
silence under attack, [123];
"Aristides'" defence of, [123];
nominated for gov., 1804, [131];
hopeless race from start, [131];
Hamilton's reasons for opposing, [133-5];
leader of secession, [134-5];
Lansing's withdrawal, [136];
reasons for election, [137];
powerful friends, [138];
defeated, [138];
challenged Hamilton, [139-40];
hostile meeting, [142];
death of Hamilton, [142];
indicted for murder, [144];
later career, [144-5];
character, [145];
unnatural parent, [146];
connection with Tam., [182];
clever trick to charter bank, [187].
Burrows, Lorenzo, nominated for gov. by Americans, ii. [249];
character of, [249];
defeated, [255];
manager Cons. state con., 1863, iii. [79], note.
Burt, James, in Council of Appointment, i. [156].
Burt, Silas W., appointed surveyor, port of New York, iii. [406];
confirmed, [409].
Butler, Benjamin F., district attorney, i. [289];
gifts, character, and career of, [289-94];
appearance of, [289];
relations with Talcott, [291];
law partner of Van Buren, [291];
member of Albany Regency, [293-4];
death of, [294];
sent to Assembly, [358].
U.S. atty.-gen., ii. [1];
practising law, [53];
at Baltimore con., [70-3];
declines to be sec. of war, [94];
a Barnburner, [120];
at Utica con., [131].
Butler, William Allen, son of Benjamin F., eulogy of Van Buren, i. [208].
Cady, Daniel, gifts and character of, i. [169];
career of, [169];
father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, [169];
assails embargo, [169].
Cagger, Peter, at Charleston con., ii. [272];
opposes Union State con., iii. [15];
draft-circular, [82].
Calhoun, John C., resembled John C. Spencer, i. [264];
Clinton on, [386], note;
opposes Van Buren, [387].
Callicot, Timothy, proposition to Depew, iii. [53];
elected speaker of Assembly, [54].
Cambreling, Churchill C., leads Dem. forces in Congress, ii. [1];
in constitutional con., 1846, [103];
minister to Russia, [103];
a Barnburner, [128];
at Utica con., [131];
supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, [177].
Cameron, Simon, promised place in Lincoln's cabinet, ii. [288].
Campaign speeches, 1860, ii. [329].
Campbell, Allan, presented for gov., 1882, iii. [488], note;
ostensible choice of County Democracy, [489];
supported by Reps. for mayor of N.Y., 1882, [498];
character and ability, [498];
defeated, [498].
Canadian rebellion, history of, ii. [23-4].
Canal Ring, defeats Barlow for atty.-gen., 1873, iii. [307];
opposes Tilden for gov., 1874, [311];
members of it, [312];
exposed and crushed, [322-4].
Canal work and fraud, see [Erie Canal].
Cannon, Joseph G., respecting Greeley and Lincoln, iii. [126], note.
Cantine, Moses I., brother-in-law of Van Buren, i. [251];
opposed Clinton and Erie canal, [251].
Caroline, steamer in Canadian rebellion, ii. [24].
Carpenter, B. Platt, nominated for lt.-gov., 1882, iii. [494];
defeated, [498].
Carr, Joseph B., nominated for sec. of state, 1879, iii. [416];
elected, [427];
renominated for sec. of state, 1881, [485];
elected, [486].
Carroll, Howard, named for congressman-at-large, 1882, iii. [494];
defeated, [498].
Carter, Luther C., in Congress, ii. [339], note;
disapproves Weed's compromise, [339], note.
Carver, Joseph, predicts inland waterway in New York, i. [241].
Cassidy, William, Albany Argus, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Castle Garden meeting, to unite Fillmore Whigs and Democrats, ii. [157].
Champlain, Marshal M., nominated for atty.-gen., 1861, iii. [24], note;
defeated, [29];
renominated, 1869, [226];
elected, [227];
renominated, 1871, [273];
defeated, [275].
Chandler, Zachariah, resented Lincoln's relations with Seward and Weed, iii. [89].
Chapin, Edwin H., political sermons of, ii. [329].
Chaplin, William L., nominated for gov. by Abolitionists, 1850, ii. [156].
Chapman, George W., nominated for canal com., 1870, iii. [231];
elected, [244];
renominated, [273];
defeated, [275].
Charleston convention, 1860, ii. [270-9];
Softs admitted, [270];
N.Y. delegation, [271-2];
Richmond's leadership, [271-9];
struggle over platform, [273-5];
bitter debates, [273-6];
states secede, [275];
South against Douglas and Guthrie, [276];
adjourned to Baltimore, [279];
see[ Baltimore convention].
Charleston Mercury, resents action of Northern Dems., iii. [10].
Chase, Salmon P., chief of radicals in cabinet, iii. [14];
resigns, [84];
consents to remain, [84];
threatens to resign, [86];
resigns, 1864, [96];
Lincoln's tart acceptance, [97];
leads movement to substitute another cand. for Lincoln, [103];
aspires to be President, 1868, [197];
favoured by Seymour, [198];
gets few votes, [199];
several Lib. Reps. favour him, 1872, [282];
defeated, [286].
Chatfield, Thomas S., nominated for state treas., 1869, iii. [226];
defeated, [227].
Cheetham, James, editor of American Citizen, i. [122];
attacked Burr, [122-3];
assailed by Van Ness, [126];
challenged Coleman, [128];
assailed Burr, 1804, [137];
opposed embargo, [165];
expelled from Tam., [182];
death of, [182].
Cheever, George B., tours England in behalf of the Union, iii. [90];
resents Lincoln's relations with Conservatives, [90];
signs call for Cleveland con., [90];
denounces policy of Administration, [90].
Chicago convention, 1860, ii. [281-93];
prototype of modern con., [281];
Greeley on, [281];
ch'm. and platform of, [282];
influence of cheering, [288];
Lincoln nominated on third ballot, [289];
Evarts moved to make unanimous, [289];
Hamlin nominated for Vice-President, [289].
Church, Sanford E., elected to Assembly, 1841, ii. [47];
original Barnburner, [131];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1850, [156];
at Charleston con., [272];
temp. ch'm. Dem. state peace con., [354].
Opposes Union State con., 1861, iii. [15];
favoured for gov., 1862, [39];
attends Saratoga con., 1866, [144];
delegate-at-large, [144];
adjourns con. to defeat Dix, [158];
audacious act, [158];
abject apology, [158];
elected chief judge Ct. of Appeals, [234], note;
aspires to be gov., 1872, [297];
defeated by Tilden, [298];
ambitious to be gov., 1874, [311];
associated with canal ring, [312-3].
Churchill, John C., nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. [377];
defeated, [387];
aspired to be state comp., 1879, [417];
defeated, [417].
Cipher dispatches, iii. [350-1], note;
translated by Tribune, [394];
publication of, [395];
influence on Tilden, [395].
Cisco, John J., sympathy with the South, iii. [4].
Civil service reform, first effort of Fed. Gov., iii. [360];
Curtis heads Com., [360];
Hayes' efforts to establish it, [360];
opposition to, [361], [365].
Civil war, sec. of treas. predicts, ii. [332];
Reps. might have prevented, [342];
gov.'s message, [348];
petitions for peace, [349];
action of N.Y. Chamber of Commerce, [349];
of Legislature, [349];
delegates to peace congress, [350];
detention of guns, [351];
delegates sent to secession states, [351-2];
Dix's dispatch, [352];
state con. of fusionists, [354-8];
Conkling on, [357], note.
Clark, Gaylord J., nominated for prison insp., 1862, iii. [41], note;
elected, [51].
Clark, Israel W., Albany Register, i. [262];
friend of Erie canal, [262].
Clark, Myron H., nom. for gov., 1854, ii. [199];
career and character of, [199];
Weed opposed nomination for gov., [199];
elected, [203];
not renominated, [234].
Temperance cand. for gov., 1870, iii. [244];
defeated, [244], note;
renominated, 1874, [316];
defeated, [319].
Clay, Henry, aids in rejection of Van Buren, i. [387];
United States Bank, [393];
defeat, 1840, ii. [40];
anger of friends, [40].
Clay party, organised, 1831, i. [392];
nominated Henry Clay for President, 1832, [392].
Cleveland convention, 1864, iii. [92].
Cleveland, Grover, presented for gov., 1882, iii. [490];

career and character, [490];
County Democracy's influence, [490];
nominated on third ballot, [491];
appearance, [492];
his sturdy rectitude, [492];
letter of acceptance, [497];
enormous majority, [498];
known as the "Veto Mayor," [499].
Clews, Henry, recommends Murphy's appointment, iii. [233];
presents Dix for gov., 1872, [294].
Clinton, DeWitt, forces election of Council of Appointment, i. [107];
controls it, [107];
early career of, [108];
appearance and character, [108-9];
breaks with Jay, [110];
adds to authority of Council, [115];
prototype of political boss, [115], [119];
destroys Burr, [116], [119];
patronage to the Livingstons, [115];
elected to U.S. Senate, [118];
resigns, [119];
becomes mayor, [118];
with Jefferson against Burr, [121];
attacks Burr through press, [122];
assailed by Van Ness, [125-6];
challenged by Swartwout, [127];
wounds him, [127];
regrets it was not Burr, [127];
too young for gov., 1804, [136];
opposes Lewis' administration, [149-51];
bargains with the Burrites, [152];
hostility of Martling Men, [152];
three offices and salaries, [153];
opposed by W.W. Van Ness, [153];
removed from mayoralty, [155];
selects Tompkins for gov., [158];
contrasted to Tompkins, [160-1];
opposes embargo, [165], [168], [171];
changes opinion, [165];
reappointed mayor, [165];
urges uncle for President, [166-7];
series of mistakes, [167];
approves Madison's and Tompkins' administrations, [168];
assails Federalists, [168];
removed as mayor, [172-3];
reappointed, [179];
hostility of Tam., [180-5];
nominated lt.-gov., [181];
lavish style of living, [183];
wealth of wife, [183];
income as mayor, [183];
Irish friends, [183];
lack of tact, [184];
ready to defeat Tompkins, [184];
desertion of friends, [184-5];
elected lt.-gov., [185];
opposes charter of Merchants' Bank, [189];
silent as to Bank of America, [196];
estrangement of Spencer, [197];
seeks nomination for President, [199];
fitness for, [200];
nominated by Legislature, [201];
opposition to, [201-2];
Granger supports, [202];
opposed by Tompkins, [201];
by Rufus King, [203-6];
supported by Federalists, [204-8];
campaign managed by Van Buren, [206-10];
defeated for President, [210];
reasons for, [210];
King's election to U.S. Senate, [211-2];
not renominated for lt.-gov., [212];
attacks Tompkins and Taylor, [213];
retains mayoralty, [213];
Riker his enemy, [218];
refused a command in War of 1812, [221];
patriotic devotion, [221];
removed from the mayoralty, [235];
record as mayor, [235];
canal com., [242-3];
early efforts as, [243];
in retirement, [243];
begins correspondence with Post, [243];
plan for canal, [244];
heads new commission, [245];
friendship with Spencer renewed, [245];
brother-in-law of Spencer, [245];
cand. for gov., [245];
reports on cost of canals, [246-7];
supported by Federalists for gov., 1817, [247-8];
pictures Van Buren, [250];
nominated for gov., 1817, [250];
elected, [252];
inaugurated, [252];
began work on canal, [252];
at zenith of fame, [253];
lacked politician's art, [254], [257];
refused reconciliation with Young, [254];
believed Republican party would divide, [254-5];
refused to appoint Federalists, [255];
dismissed Tam. office holders, [255];
rivals of, [255];
character of messages, [256];
bolts party caucus, [257-60];
not a reformer, [260];
crippled in power, [261];
loss of canal patronage, [261];
sly methods of, [268];
removes Bucktails from office, [273];
calls Van Buren "arch scoundrel," [273];
hesitates to remove him, [274];
renominated for gov., [279];
without organisation, [279];
confident of election, [281];
elected, [281];
protests against Federal patronage, [283-4];
green-bag message, [285];
vituperative allusions to Van Buren, [286], note;
fails to defeat Van Buren for U.S. senator, [287];
trapped into opposing the constitutional con., 1821, [296];
friends without influence in con., [298];
not renominated for gov., 1822, [312];
reasons for, [314-5];
prophetic letter, [315];
deceived as to Yates' popularity, [320];
removed as canal com., [329];
great excitement, [329];
nominated for gov., [330-1];
stirring campaign against Young, [332];
elected, [333];
about the Presidency, [334-5];
favours Jackson, [334-6];
a censorious critic, [334-5], note;
likeness to Jackson, [336];
opening of Erie canal, [345];
ignores old custom, [347];
renominated for gov., 1826, [350];
re-elected, [352];
death of, 1828, [353];
remarks on, [354-5];
Van Buren on, [354];
Weed on, [355].
Clinton, George, member first constitutional con., i. [5];
proposed for gov., [17];
manners of, [19];
ancestry and career, [20];
elected gov., [21];
Schuyler on, [21];
Washington on, [22];
hatred of Tories, [23];
approves revenue going to Congress, [24];
insists upon its collection by state, [25];
refuses to convene Legislature, [25];
Hamilton opposes, [25];
not candid, [28];
opposes revision of Articles of Confederation, [29];
withdrawal of Yates and Lansing, [30];
reproves Hamilton, [31];
bitterest opponent of Federal Constitution, [32];
ignored it in message, [32];
proposed another con., [33];
conduct criticised, [36];
Washington on, [36];
opposed for re-election as gov., [37];
Hamilton's encounter with, [38];
re-elected, 1789, [44];
a master politician, [45];
reasons for appointing Burr, [46-7];
helped by the Livingstons, [47-8];
renominated for gov., 1792, [50];
abuse and misrepresentation, [54];
sales of public lands, [54];
elected, [55];
known as usurper, [61];
refused to nominate Benson, [61];
argument of, [61];
action of Council of Appointment, [62];
not a spoilsman, [62];
declined to stand for re-election, [63];
renominated for gov., 1801, [115];
elected, [115];
opposed methods of Council, [119];
declines re-election, [129];
elected Vice-President, [147];
opposed embargo, [165];
urged for President, 1808, [166];
re-elected Vice-President, [167];
defeats United States Bank, [186];
death and character of, [197-8];
the great war gov., [219];
plan to connect Hudson with Lake Ontario, [242].
Clinton, George W., son of DeWitt Clinton, ii. [183];
nominated sec. of state by Hunkers, [183];
Dem. state peace con., [356];
loyal sentiments of, [356-7], note.
Clintonians, followers of DeWitt Clinton, i. [251].
Clintonians and Bucktails, 1820, two opposing parties, i. [273].
Clinton, James, in first constitutional con., i. [5];
brother of George Clinton, [43];
father of DeWitt Clinton, [43];
his character, [43-4].
Cobb, Howell, sec. of treas., ii. [332];
on election of Lincoln, [332];
predicts panic, [332].
Cochrane, John, Barnburners' platform maker, ii. [197];
at Charleston con., [272];
career, appearance and ability of, [272].
Sympathy with the South, iii. [4];
speech at Richmond, Va., [4];
loyal speech at Union Square meeting, [6];
enters the army, [9];
criticised by Southern press, [10];
favours freeing and arming slaves, [25];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1863, [76], note;
elected, [83];
signs call for Cleveland con., 1864, [90];
resents infringement of rights, [90];
president of Cleveland con., [92];
denounces leaders of Rep. party, [92];
nominated for Vice-President, [92];
withdraws, [120];
at Rep. state con., 1871, [259];
joins Lib. Rep. movement, [283];
organises its con. for Greeley's nomination, [283];
calls Lib. Rep. state con. to order, 1872, [296].
Colden, Cadwallader D., ancestry and character, i. [56], [117];
district atty., [117], [179];
prophecy as to inland navigation in New York, [241];
removed as mayor of New York City, [287];
an Anti-Mason, [370].
Coleman, William, editor of Evening Post, i. [117];
clerk of circuit court, [117];
challenged by Cheetham, [128];
kills Cheetham's friend, [128].
Colles, Christopher, navigation of Mohawk River, i. [242].
Collier, John A., desired to be gov., 1842, ii. [51];
nominated Fillmore for Vice-President, [137];
career of, [138];
candidate for U.S. Senate, [145].
Columbia College, DeWitt Clinton in its first class, i. [108].
Committee of Fifty, differences with Committee of Fifty-one, i. [2];
assumed leadership of, [2].
Committee of Fifty-one, opposes Committee of Fifty, i. [2].
Committee of One Hundred, made up of Committees of Fifty and Fifty-one, i. [4].
Committee of Seventy, charged with investigating Tweed Ring, iii. [247];
nominate Havermeyer for mayor, 1872, [299].
Committee of Sixty, substituted for Committee of Fifty-one, i. [4].
Compromises of 1850, character of, ii. [151].
Comstock, George F., nominated for Court of Appeals, ii. [215];
character and ability of, [215-6];
elected, [219];
nominated for judge, Court of Appeals, 1861, iii. [21], note.
Confederates, the, resent unanimity of the North, iii. [9].
Confederation, pitiable condition of, i. [28].
Confederation, Articles of, impotent to regulate commerce, i. [29];
Hamilton on revision, [29];
con. called for revision, [29].
Congress, Continental, recommends a war government, i. [1].
Congress, Provincial, takes place of Provincial Assembly, i. [4];
meets, 1776, [5];
adopts new name, [5];
continues common law of England, [5].
Conkling, Frederick A., aspires to be gov., 1868, iii. [193].
Conkling, Roscoe, ambitious to be atty.-gen., ii. [187];
early career of, [187];
defeated by Ogden Hoffman, [188];
on Whig con., 1854, [201];
in campaign, 1858, [251];
ability as speaker, [251];
his muscle, [251];
stigmatises Dem. state peace con., [357], note;
commends Clinton's loyalty, [357], note;
lack of tact, [389].
On battle of Ball's Bluff, iii. [31];
opposes legal tender act, [32];
character of, [32];
defeated for Congress, 1862, [52];
refuses to betray Lincoln, [104];
re-elected to Congress, 1864, [125];
tours state, 1866, [164];
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1867, [166];
service in House, [167];
Blaine's attack, [168];
his vanity, [168];
strong support by Roberts, [169];
declines to use money, [170];
wins because of ability, [171];
ch'm. of con., 1867, [172-3];
tolerant of Johnsonised Reps., [173];
Fenton suspicious of, [174];
vigorous campaign, 1868, [212];
on election frauds, 1868, [215];
relations with Grant, [232];
secures Murphy's confirmation, 1870, [235];
bitter contest with Fenton, [234-5];
resumed at Rep. state con., 1870, [235];
hesitates to attend, [236];
Grant requests it, [236];
defeats Fenton, [236];
urges Curtis for gov., 1870, [238];
dodges vote, [238];
active in campaign, [241-2];
loses, [244];
Greeley attacks him, [257];
efforts to crush Fenton-Greeley machine, 1871, [250-64];
speech at con., 1871, [261-63];
beats Fenton organisation, [263];
succeeds at the polls, [275];
upholds Grant's administration, [278-9];
Robertson's dislike begins, [294];
speech in campaign, 1872, [301];
re-elected, 1873, [305];
offered place on U.S. Sup. Court, [305];
declines law partnership, [305];
zenith of power, [305];
rivalry of Tilden, 1875, [329];
speeches in campaign, [330-1];
Reps. defeated, [331];
aspires to be President, 1876, [332];
Curtis' opposition, [333];
mild endorsement, [333];
treatment in Rep. Nat. con., [333-5];
fails to attend Rep. state con., [338];
strong speech in campaign, [347];
ignores Hayes and Wheeler, [347];
favours Electoral Com., [356];
excluded from it, [356];
at Rep. state con., 1877, [362];
Curtis' tart criticism, [369-70];
reply to Curtis, [370-7];
masterpiece of sarcasm and invective, [374];
attack regarded too severe, [376];
regretted by Rep. press, [376];
Curtis' opinion of, [376];
established newspaper at Utica, [385];
reason for defeat, 1877, [388] and note;
silent on money question, [390-1];
at Rep. state con., 1878, [391];
at peace with Curtis, [391-2];
work in campaign, 1878, [395];
re-elected to Senate, 1879, [397];
successors to Arthur and Cornell nominated, 1877, [399];
dislike of President Hayes, [402-3];
defeats Roosevelt and Merritt, [404-5];
reconciliation with Blaine surmised, [405-6], [410];
Arthur and Cornell suspended, 1878, [406];
fails to defeat successors, [408-9];
opposed adoption of hard-money platform, [407];
resists repeal of election laws, [411-2];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1879, [412];
nominates Cornell for gov., 1879, [414-18];
his ticket elected, [427];
supports Grant for third term, [428-30];
controls Rep. state con., 1880, [432];
his speech, [433-4];
at Rep. nat. con., 1880, [438-46];
leader of the Stalwarts, [438];
remarkable receptions, [439];
brilliant speech, [439-40];
criticises Blaine, [440];
the faithful, [306], [441];
opposes Stalwarts accepting Vice-Presidency, [442-4];
stoutly objects to Arthur taking it, [444];
refuses to present his name, [444];
hostility to Garfield, [461];
avoids meeting him, [461];
a veiled threat, [461];
visits Garfield at Mentor, 1880, [461];
avoids political topics, [461];
congratulates Platt on election to Senate, 1881, [468];
visits Mentor, 1881, [468];
works in harmony with President, [468];
Robertson appointed, Mar. 23, [469];
a surprise, [469-70];
reports and theories, [469-70];
a Blaine triumph, [470-1];

fails to defeat it, [473-6];
last caucus attended, May 13, [476];
resignation forwarded to Cornell, May 13, [476];
reasons for it, [477-78];
seeks a re-election at Albany, [478];
Rep. caucus refused, [479];
first ballot gives highest vote, [479];
successor elected, July 22, [482];
defeats Cornell's renomination for gov., 1882, [493];
reasons for, [493].
Connolly, Richard B., known as "Slippery Dick," iii. [177];
suave and crafty, [177];
Tweed's bookkeeper, [177];
begins in 1857 as county clerk, [177];
made city comp., 1865, [177];
his rake-off on bills, [178];
exposure of, 1871, [246];
startling crime of, [246];
resigns, [247];
escapes to Europe with plunder, [248];
dies abroad, [248], note.
Conover, Daniel D., nominated for prison insp., 1869, iii. [226];
defeated, [227].
Conservative Democrats, first called Hunkers, ii. [95].
Conservatives, faction of the Dem. party, ii. [52], [126];
favoured using surplus for canals, [52], [126];
leaders of, [53], [126];
called Hunkers, 1845, [126];
see [Hunkers].
Constitution, Federal, con. called, i. [29];
draft sent to legislatures, [32];
riots in New York, [32];
Clinton's opposition, [32];
Hamilton on, [32];
con. to ratify, [33];
held at Poughkeepsie, [33];
sacrifices of New York, [34];
people's dislike of, [34];
date of ratification, [35];
vote on, [36];
officially proclaimed, [36].
Constitution, State, drafted by Jay, i. [8];
in Jay's handwriting, [13];
when and how reported, [13-15];
approved by New England, [15];
conservative, [15];
not ratified by people, [15];
amended, 1801, [115];
new one adopted, 1821, [299-310];
broadened suffrage, [299-302];
popularised the judiciary, [302-6];
elective officers, [307-10];
changes made, [311];
ratified, [311];
new one adopted, 1846, ii. [103-13];
known as People's Constitution, [113].
Constitutional Amendments ratified, 1874, iii. [320], note.
Constitutional convention, first one, i. [5-14];
men composing it, [5];
assembles at Kingston, 1777, [5];
delegates elected by people, [5];
recess, [6];
reassembles, [6];
Jay drafts constitution, [6];
number of members, [13];
leader of radicals, [13];
hasty adjournment of, [14].
Second one, i. [115-6];
assembles at Albany, 1801, [115];
purpose of, [115];
Burr its president, [115].
Third one, i. [298-311];
assembles, 1821, [298];
distinguished delegates, [298];
Bucktail body, [298];
Tompkins its president, [299];
Van Buren its leader, [298];
reforms demanded, [299-310];
freehold suffrage, [299-302];
compromise suffrage, [299-302];
negro suffrage, [299-300];
suffrage to elect state senators, [300-1];
suffrage settled, [301];
Van Buren, speech of, [302];
sentiment against old judges, [302];
bitter words, [303];
Van Buren a peacemaker, [304];
former judges finally abolished, [306];
what con. substituted, [305];
justices of peace, [308-10];
constitution ratified, [311];
summary of changes made, [311].
Fourth one, ii. [103-13];
assembles, [103];
prominent delegates, [103-4];
absence of Seward, [104-5];
Greeley failed of election, [105];
popular sovereignty in, [105-6];
limited power of property, [107];
rights of negro, [107];
state indebtedness, [107-9];
elective judiciary, [109-12];
established Court of Appeals, [111];
ratified, [113].
Constitutional convention, 1867, iii. [184];
negro suffrage, [185];
recesses until after election, [185];
result submitted by legislature of 1869, [227];
unrestricted negro suffrage, [227];
defeated, [227].
Constitutional Union convention, The, 1863, iii. [79];
its platform, [79], note.
Constitutional Union party, organised, 1860, ii. [326];
Bell and Everett, [326];
platform of, [326];
fuses with Softs, [326];
scheme assailed, [327];
composition of, iii. [37];
opposes emancipation, [37];
its con., 1862, [37];
nominated Seymour for gov., [38].
Cook, Bates, state comp., ii. [36].
Cook, James M., nominated comp. of state, ii. [188];
ambitious to be gov., 1858, [247];
favours postponing Rep. nat. con., 1864, iii. [88].
Cooper, Edward, figures in cipher dispatches, iii. [351];
asked for money by Pelton, [351];
informs Tilden, [351];
nominated for mayor of N.Y., [393-4];
elected, [397];
strengthened by gov.'s appointments, [418].
Cooper, Peter, candidate for President, 1876, iii. [389].
Copeland, William, aids in exposure of Tweed ring, iii. [246].
"Copperheads," epithet first used, iii. [58], and note.
Cornell, Alonzo B., nom. for lt.-gov., 1868, iii. [196];
defeated, [215];
evidences of fraud in election, [215-8];
career and character, [251-2];
head of Rep. state organisation, [251];
efforts to crush Fenton-Greeley machine, 1871, [250-64];
bold ruling, [259];
defeated for nomination for gov. and lt.-gov., 1876, [337-8];
bitter feeling, [339];
his successor as naval officer appointed, 1877, [399];
confirmation defeated, [404-5];
President suspends him, 1878, [406];
reason for, [406];
successor confirmed, [409];
nominated for gov., 1879, [416];
alleged alliance with Kelly, [425];
reasons for the story, [426];
aided by Secretary Sherman, [427];
Sherman's excuse, [427], note;
elected, [427];
ran behind the ticket, [427];
did not attend Rep. nat. con., 1880, [465];
zenith of power, [465];
relations to Stalwart leaders, [465];
supports Platt for Senate, 1881, [465];
asks Garfield to withdraw Robertson's appointment, [472];
strained relations with Conkling, [478-9];
refused to become cand. against him, [479];
adm. as gov. approved by state con., 1881, [485];
cand. for renomination, 1882, [492];
opposed by Arthur, Conkling, and Jay Gould, [493];
coercion and fraud practiced, [493-4];
his defeat, [494].
Cornell, Oliver H.P., nominated for eng., 1874, iii. [325];
defeated, [331].
Corning, Erastus, at Charleston con., ii. [272];
at peace congress, [350].
Cand. for Senate, 1863, iii. [55];
character of, [56];
offices held, [56];
opposes Vallandigham's arrest, [65];
Lincoln's letter to, [66];
opposes Tilden, 1876, [342];
aspires to be gov., 1882, [488];
defeated, [489].
Cornwall, George J., nominated for lt.-gov., 1850, ii. [154].
Cotton Whigs, followers of Fillmore, ii. [165];
favourable to South, [165].
Council of Appointment, suggested by Adams, i. [8];
how elected, [11];
proposed by Jay, [11];
account of, [11], note;
bungling compromise, [12];
a political machine, [61];
Jay's interpretation of, [62];
offices controlled by, [62];
Clinton controls it, [107];
modified, 1801, [115-6];
reduced gov. to a figure-head, [119];
abolished, 1821, [311].
Council of Revision, created by first Constitution, i. [10];
membership of, [10];
failure to act, [10];
model for, [10].
Council of Safety, appointed by first constitutional con., i. [16];
orders election of gov., [17].
County Democracy, organisation of, iii. [483];
delegates admitted to Dem. state con., 1881, [484];
ticket elected, [486];
sagacity in Dem. state con., 1882, [490];
ostensibly for Campbell, [490];
solid for Cleveland, [491];
unites with Tam. on local ticket, [498];
elects city and state officials, [498].
Court of Appeals, established, 1846, ii. [111].
Court of Errors and Impeachment, created by first Constitution, i. [12];
composed of, [12];
model for, [12].
Court, Supreme, judges of, i. [12];
members of Council of Revision, [10];
how created, [12].
Cox, Jacob D., leaves Grant's cabinet, iii. [279-80];
joins Lib. Reps., [283];
opposes Greeley, [283].
Cox, Samuel S., removes from Ohio to New York, iii. [288], note;
elected to Congress, [288];
criticised by Greeley, [288];
attends Dem. nat. con., 1872, [287];
favours Greeley's nomination, [288].
Crane, William C., defeated for speaker, ii. [90];
contest over constitutional con., [97-9].
Crary, John, nominated for lt.-gov., 1828, i. [363];
unfaithful, [363-4];
defeated, [368].
Crawford, William H., favoured for President, 1816, i. [237];
character of, [237].
Crittenden Compromise, similar to Weed's, ii. [340];
not new to Congress, [341];
Greeley on, [341];
Dix on, [341];
Senate Committee of Thirteen, [341-2];
Republicans opposed it, [342];
its failure led to civil war, [342];
Lincoln opposed, [344];
majority of voters favour, [347];
petitions for, [349].
Crittenden, John J., author of compromise, ii. [340];
like Weed's, [340];
Nestor of U.S. Senate, [340];
weeps when Seward speaks, [378].
Croker, Richard, attaché of Connolly's office, iii. [318];
Kelly makes him marshal, [318].
Croswell, Edwin, editor Argus, i. [294];
lieutenant of Van Buren, [345];
opens the way for Jackson, [357];
gifts and career of, [374]; ii. [56-7];
met Weed in boyhood, i. [374];
rival editors estranged, [375];
seeks Weed's aid in trouble, [375];
associates of, ii. [1];
reappointed state printer, [56-7];
ability and leadership, [58-9];
after Van Buren's defeat, [74], [83];
slippery-elm editor, [84];
supports Seymour for speaker, [91];
defeats Young, [92];
election of U.S. senators, [93];
shrewd tactics, [94-5];
part in Wright's defeat, [123];
retires from active life, [134].
Crowley, Richard, made U.S. atty., iii. [252], note;
member of Conkling machine, [252];
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881, [465];
Stalwart leaders divide, [465];
fitness for position, [466];
handicapped by his supporters, [466];
defeated in caucus, [468].
Crowley, Rodney R., nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii. [326];
elected, [331].
Curtis, Edward, elected to Congress, ii. [16].
Curtis, George William, in campaign, 1856, ii. [240];
early career of, [240];
refined rhetoric, [240];
on Kansas struggle, [241];
at Chicago con., [282];
eloquence of, [282].
Reasons for Rep. defeat, 1862, iii. [52];
campaign of 1864, [121];
aspires to U.S. Senate, 1867, [166];
not an active cand., [169];
rejects a combination, [169];
nominated for sec. of state, 1869, [225];
withdraws from ticket, [225];
ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1870, [236];
name presented for gov., 1870, [238];
defeated, [238];
on civil service reform, [306];
praises Tilden, [310];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1875, [324];
opposes Conkling for President, 1876, [332-3];
also Cornell for gov. and lt.-gov., 1876, [338];
at Rep. state con., 1877, [366];
insists on Hayes' endorsement, [366];
character and early career, [366];
offered choice of foreign missions, [366];
defence of President, 1877, [368];
criticism of Conkling, [368-70];
Curtis and Conkling contrasted, [370];
Conkling's attack upon, [371-4];
his opinion of, [376];
at Rep. state con., 1878, [391];
at peace with Conkling, [391];
votes against Cornell, 1879, [416];
called a "scratcher," [424];
sharp retort, [425];
answers Conkling's speech, 1880, [434];
opposed uniting with Stalwarts, 1881, [467];
stigmatises method of Folger's nomination for gov., 1882, [495];
resigns editorship of Harper's Weekly, [495], note;
mistake disavowed by publishers, [495], note.
Curtis, Newton M., at Rep. state con., 1880, iii. [434];
views as to independence of delegates, [434];
supports instructions of state con., [434].
Curtis, William E., activity in reform, 1871, iii. [268];
at Dem. state con., 1871, [272].
Cutting, Francis B., attends Saratoga con., 1866, iii. [144].
Cuyler, Theodore L., on Cornell's defeat for renomination, 1882, iii. [495].
Danforth, George F., nominated for atty.-gen., 1874, iii. [325];
defeated, [331];
nominated for judge Court of Appeals, 1876, [339];
defeated, [350];
renominated, 1878, [392];
elected, [397].
Davenport, Ira, supports Rogers for U.S. Senate, 1881, iii. [466];
nominated for state comp., 1881, [485];
elected, [486].
Davis, David, Lincoln's manager at Chicago con., ii. [288];
on Vallandigham's arrest, iii. [66];
favoured for President, 1872, iii. [282];
defeated, [286];
elected U.S. senator, 1881, [356];
fails to go upon Electoral Com., [356];
blow to the Dems., [356].
Davis, Jefferson, sharp controversy with Douglas, ii. [279-80];
reasons for secession, [375-6];
conditions on which he would accept peace, 1864, iii. [102-3].
Davis, Matthew L., urged for appointment by Burr, i. [121];
literary executor of Burr, [145];
leader of the Burrites, [152];
bitter opponent of DeWitt Clinton, [181].
Davis, Noah, cand. for U.S. Senate, 1867, iii. [166];
character and ability, [166];
Fenton not helpful, [171];
defeated by Conkling, [171].
Dawson, George, Albany Journal, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Dayton, Jonathan, member Council of Appointment, i. [231].
Dayton, William L., nominated for Vice-President, ii. [229].
Dearborn, Henry, in command on Canadian border, i. [221];
career and character of, [221];
plan of campaign, [221];
failure of, [222];
offers to resign, [222];
further failures, [223];
retires, [223].
De Lamatyr, Gilbert, nominated for prison inspector, 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188].
Delegate conventions, beginning of, i. [250];
prototype of modern con., [327], [331].
Democratic national conventions, Chicago, 1864, iii. [107-9];
New York City, 1868, [196-201];
Baltimore, 1872, [287-90];
St. Louis, 1876, [342];
Cincinnati, 1880, [455-9].
Democratic party, organised by Van Buren, i. [349], [350], [365];
its first national con., [391];
opposes U.S. Bank, [393];
triumph of, [396];
sweeps state, 1834, [404].
Again in 1836, ii. [13-14];

first defeat, [29];
defeat, 1840, [45];
recovers state, 1841, [47];
divided into Radicals and Conservatives, [52], [126];
leaders of, [53], [126];
Radicals called Barnburners, [126];
Conservatives called Hunkers, [126];
Seymour unites two factions, [149];
nominated Seymour for gov., 1850, [156];
defeated, [158];
united, 1852, [169-78];
carried state, [178];
again splits into Hunkers and Barnburners, [180-5];
factions called Hards and Softs, [185];
defeated by split, [189];
split continued by repeal of Missouri Compromise, [195];
united again, [232];
Wood captures state con., [257];
Hards yield to Softs, [258];
indorses Buchanan and popular sovereignty, [258].
Democratic peace convention, ii. [354-8];
met at Albany, [354];
Greeley on, [354];
utterances of Seymour, Parker, Clinton, and others, [355-8].
Democratic state conventions, 1861, Syracuse, iii. [16];
1862, Albany, [38];
1863, Albany, [79];
1864, Albany, [101], [117];
1865, Albany, [128];
1866, Albany, [155];
1867, Albany, [178];
1868, Albany, [205];
1869, Syracuse, [226];
1870, Rochester, [230];
1871, Rochester, [269];
1872, Syracuse, [296];
1873, Utica, [308];
1874, Syracuse, [313];
1875, Syracuse, [325-6];
1876, Saratoga, [345-6];
1877, Albany, [378-84];
1878, Syracuse, [392-3];
1879, Syracuse, [418-24];
1880, Syracuse, [449-50];
also Saratoga, [460];
1881, Albany, [484-5];
1882, Syracuse, [487-91].
Denio, Hiram, nominated for Court of Appeals, ii. [184];
character of, [184];
elected, [189].
Dennison, Robert, report on canal, ii. [60-1].
Depew, Chauncey M., nominated for speaker of Assembly, 1863, iii. [53];
withdrawn, [54];
nominated for sec. of state, 1863, [75];
character of, [75];
elected, [83];
beaten for ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1864, [91];
places Greeley in nomination for gov., 1868, [195];
at Rep. state con., 1871, [258-9];
president Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, [296];
nominated for lt.-gov., [297];
defeated, [302];
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881, [466];
at Blaine's request, [466], note;
choice of majority of Half-breeds, [466];
throws his votes to Platt, [468];
Platt's promise, [468] and note;
sees President about Robertson's appointment, 1881, [473];
cand. for U.S. Senate in Platt's place, [479], [480];
withdraws, [480];
president Rep. state con., 1881, [485].
DeWitt, Simeon, surveys route for canal, i. [242];
estimated cost, [242];
long career as surveyor-general, [321].
Dickinson, Andrew B., career of, ii. [399], note;
appointed by Seward, [399];
reasons for, [400];
criticised by Greeley, [401];
gratitude to Seward, [401], note.
Dickinson, Daniel S., leading Conservative, ii. [53];
ability of, [53];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1840, [54];
defeated, [54];
at Baltimore con., [72];
declined renomination for lt.-gov., [78];
elected to U.S. Senate, [93];
approves compromise of 1850, [152];
wishes to be President, 1852, [169-72];
opposes Seymour's candidacy for gov., [172-3];
afterward supports him, [177];
indorsed by Hunkers, 1853, [183];
ambitious to be President, 1860, [256];
called "Scripture Dick," [257];
character of, [257];
yields to the Softs, [258];
at Charleston con., [276] and note, [278];
attacks Richmond, [302-3];
record as to slavery, [303-4] and note;
hallucination, [304];
speech at state con. of Hards, [324-5];
opposes fusion with Softs, [331].
Sympathy with the South, iii. [4];
speech at Pine street meeting, [4];
patriotic speech at Union Square meeting, [5];
criticised by Southern press, [10];
entertaining speaker, [22];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1861, [23];
elected, [29];
in campaign, 1862, [49];
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1863, [54];
delegate-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864, [92];
ambitious to be Vice-President, [94];
opposed by Conservatives, [94];
prefers another to Lincoln for President, [104] and note;
falls into line, [122].
Dillingham, William H., classmate of Talcott, i. [290];
on Talcott's eloquence, [290].
Diven, Alexander S., delegate to People's Union con., 1861, iii. [22];
colonel 107th N.Y. regiment, [22].
Dix, John A., member of Albany Regency, i. [294].
Sec. of state, ii. [1];
early career of, [2];
in war of 1812, [2];
resigns from army, [2];
gifts of, [2];
writes for Argus, [2];
his books, [3];
where educated, [3];
compared with Butler, [3];
superintendent of schools, [4];
elected to U.S. Senate, [93];
a Barnburner, [132];
nominated for gov., 1848, [133], [139];
regret of, [133], note;
defeated, [144];
Seward succeeds him in U.S. Senate, [145];
supports Pierce, 1852, [177], [178], note;
Pierce offers him secretaryship of state, [181], [352];
substitutes it for mission to France, [182], [352];
beaten by intrigue, [182], note;
favoured Crittenden Compromise, [341];
postmaster at New York City, [352];
secretary of treasury, [352-3], note;
historic despatch, [352];
favoured peaceable secession, [353];
resided at White House, [354].
Sympathy with the South, iii. [4];
acts as agent of President, [7];
commissioned major-general, [8];
criticised by Southern press, [10];
suggested for gov., 1862, [37], [49];
one vote for U.S. Senate, 1863, [56], note;
suggested for gov., 1864, [116];
ch'm. Philadelphia con., 1866, [144];
defeated for nomination for gov., [159];
nominated for gov., 1872, [293];
tortuous political course, [294];
Seymour's criticism, [295];
Weed's confidence in, [295];
renominated for gov., 1874, [315];
Seymour charges nepotism, [316];
apathetic managers, [317];
defeated, [319];
nominated for mayor of New York, 1876, [346];
defeated, [350].
Dodge, William E., at peace congress, ii. [350];
delivers peace petition, [381].
Dorn, Robert C., nominated for canal com., 1865, iii. [130];
elected, [135].
Dorsheimer, Philip, on Softs' con., 1854, ii. [198].
Dorsheimer, William, delegate to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296];
nominated for lt.-gov., [313];
character and ability, [314];
Tilden's spokesman at Dem. nat. con., 1876, [342];
cand. for gov., 1876, [345];
renominated for lt.-gov., [346];
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1879, [397];
at Dem. state con., 1879, [421];
begs delegates to reject Robinson, [421];
announces Tarn, will bolt, [422];
ch'm. of Kelly's con., 1879, [424];
nominates Kelly for gov., [424];
ch'm. of Kelly's state con., 1880, [451];
named as del.-at-large to nat. con., [452];
delegation rejected, [458].
Douglas-Bell-Breckenridge fusion, ii. [331];
aided by money, [331-2].
Douglas, Stephen A., denounces Kansas immigrants, ii. [224];
Harriet Beecher Stowe on, [224];
breaks with Buchanan, [246];
Greeley favours him for U.S. senator, [247];
suggested by Republicans for President, [247];
sharp controversy with Davis, [279-80];
nominated for President, [301];
fusion of, [331];
defeated, [333];
criticised by Southern press, iii. [10].
Douglass, Frederick, nominated for sec. of state, ii. [216];
career and character of, [216];
nominated to head Rep. electoral ticket, 1872, iii. [296], note;
elected, [302].
Dowd, William, nominated for mayor of N.Y., 1880, iii. [462];
bitter contest, [462];
supported by Irving Hall, [462];
defeated, [463].
Draper, Simeon, unavailable to stand for gov., ii. [247];
urges Lincoln's renomination, iii. [88];
becomes collector of customs, 1864, [97];
successor appointed, 1865, [131].
Duane, James, in first constitutional con., i. [5];
in Poughkeepsie con., [33];
campaign of 1789, [42];
character and career, [42];
appointed U.S. judge, [44].
Dudley, Charles E., member of Albany Regency, i. [294];
in U.S. Senate, [383];
character of, [383].
Duer, William, in campaign, 1789, i. [42];
career and character of, [42];
in campaign, 1792, [54].
Duer, William A., son of William, i. [42], note
Duer, William A., son of William A., friend of President Fillmore, ii. [155].
Dusenberre, George H., nominated for gov., 1875, iii. [326];
defeated, [331].
Earl, Robert, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii. [226];
elected, [227];
renominated, 1876, [346];
elected, [350].
Editors, leading Democratic, 1865-80, iii. [420].
Editors, leading Republican, 1880, iii. [413-4].
Edson, Franklin, nominated for mayor of N.Y., 1882, iii. [498];
elected, [498].
Election frauds, 1866, iii. [175];
sudden increase in naturalization, 1866, [175];
state carried by fraud, 1868, [215-8];
practised in 1867, [187-8];
in 1870, [242].
Election of U.S. senators, influence of money, iii. [221];
Conkling's testimony, [170].
Electoral Commission, iii. [352];
preceded by civil war spirit, [351-2];
rule insisted upon by two parties, [352];
com. made up, [353];
bill passed by Dem. votes, [355].
Ellicott, Joseph, resigns as canal commissioner, i. [261].
Elmendorff, Lucas, removed Clinton from mayoralty, i. [231].
Ely, Alfred, in Congress, ii. [339], note;
disapproves Weed's compromise, [339], note.
Ely, Smith, nominated for mayor of N.Y., 1876, iii. [346];
elected, [350].
Emancipation, opposition to, iii. [17], [18], [34], [37], [76].
Embargo, ordered by Jefferson, i. [163];
opposed by the Clintons, [165], [168], [171];
by Van Vechten and Cady, [169];
defended by German and Sanford, [170-1], [174];
repeal of, [179].
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, influence of attack on Fort Sumter, iii. [3].
Emmet, Robert, son of Thomas Addis Emmet, i. [357];
sent to Assembly 1827, [357];
ch'm. Rep. nat. con., 1856, ii. [232];
on Seward, [232].
Emmet, Thomas Addis, brother of Robert Emmet, i. [183];
his coming to America, [183-4];
attorney-general, [213];
removed, [213];
request in Clinton's behalf, [221];
resents Clinton's removal as canal commissioner, [329].
England, cause of trouble with America, i. [2].
English, William H., nominated for Vice President, 1880, iii. [457];
defeated, [463].
Equal Rights party, history of, ii. [16].
Erie canal, early views and surveys of, i. [241-3];
discouragements, [242];
no help from Congress, [243];
Tompkins does not favour, [246];
opposed by Tammany, [251];
supported by Van Buren, [251];
bill passed, [251];
sentiment in its favour, [252];
work on, began, [252];
its progress, [253];
Tammany's opposition silenced, [261-2];
opened between Utica and Rome, [327];
Utica and Montezuma, [327];
opening of in 1825, [345].
Seward on, ii. 34-5-6;
cost of, 1862, [36];
policy of enlargement, [49-50];
Dems. divided, [52];
stop and tax law of 1842, [54];
estimated and actual cost of, [60];
Seymour's prophecy, [63-4];
how affected by constitution of 1846, [107-9];
nine million loan unconstitutional, [163];
constitution amended, [183];
loan of ten and one-half millions, [183-4];
boast of Whigs, [188].
Disclosures of fraud, 1867, iii. [174], [182-4];
aids defeats of Rep. party, [182];
Tilden's message against canal ring, [321];
colossal frauds, [322];
investigating com. appointed, [323];
prosecutions, [323].
Evarts, William M., at Chicago con., 1861, ii. [283];
presents Seward's name, [288];
moved to make Lincoln's nomination unanimous, [289];
witty remark to Curtis, [289];
letter to Lincoln, [349], note;
candidate for U.S. Senate, [361];
career and gifts of, [361-2];
work at Chicago, [362];
contest for senator, [363-5];
forces went to Harris, [363-5], note.
Acts as agent of the President, iii. [7];
proposed for gov., 1876, [336];
in campaign of 1879, [425];
criticised, [425].
Evershed, Thomas, nominated for state eng., 1881, iii. [484];
defeated, [486].
Fairchild, Charles S., nominated for atty.-gen., 1874, iii. [326];
elected, [331];
fine record, [380];
opposed for renomination, [380];
defeated, [384].
Fairman, Charles G., Elmira Advertiser, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Farrington, Thomas, defeated for atty.-gen., ii. [92].
Fay, John D., nominated for canal com., 1870, iii. [231];
elected, [244].
"Featherhead," title applied to Half-breeds, iii. [482].
Federalists, "high-minded," who composed them, i. [273];
oppose Clinton's re-election, 1820, [279];
declared Federal party dissolved, [279].
Federalist, The, written largely by Hamilton, i. [32];
its influence, [32].
Federalists, The, alarmed at delay of ratification of Federal Constitution, i. [35];
reasons for, [35];
organisation of party, [38];
nominate Yates for gov., [38];
counted out, [56];
anger of, [59-60];
elect Jay gov., [65];
re-elect him, [82];
lose New York, 1800, [91];
indorse Burr for President, [101];
refuse to read the Declaration of Independence, [176];
support Clinton for President, 1812, [202-8];
oppose war of 1812, [219-30];
favour a New England confederacy, [227-8];
support Clinton for gov., 1817, [247], [252];
get no appointments, [255];
aid Clinton's choice for speaker, [258];
King predicts party split, [259];
controlled by Clinton, [267];
sons of Hamilton and King declare party dissolved, [279-80].
Fellows, Henry, dishonest treatment of, i. [256].
Fellows, John R., early career, iii. [459];
eloquent speaker, [459];
follower of Tilden, [459];
at Dem. nat. con., 1880, [459];
part in spectacular reconciliation, [459].
Fenton, Reuben E., at birth of Rep. party, ii. [211];
career and character of, [212];
re-elected to Congress, [242].
Character and appearance, iii. [115-6];
record and service, [115-6];
nominated for gov., 1864, [117];
conducts strong campaign, [125];

elected, [125];
renominated, 1866, [151];
opposed by formidable combination, [165];
Seward predicted his defeat, [166];
elected, [165];
acceptability of, [192];
aspires to vice presidency, 1868, [192];
defeated, [193];
candidate for U.S. Senate, 1869, [220];
strength and popularity, [220];
charged with graft, [221];
elected, [222];
influence with Grant, [232];
relations severed, [232];
opposes Murphy's confirmation, 1870, [235];
contest with Conkling, [234-5];
renewed at Rep. state con., 1870, [235];
overconfident, [236];
defeated, [236];
inactive in campaign, [241];
his organisation crushed, 1871, [250-63];
its representatives secede from con., 1871, [264];
assemble as a separate body, [264];
joins Lib. Rep. movement, [283];
first to appear at nat. con., [283];
organises for Greeley's nomination, [283];
attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, [296];
on com. to confer with Dems., [296];
ready to support Church for gov., 1874, [312].
Field, David D., a Barnburner, ii. [131];
at Utica con., [131];
family of, [244];
code of civil procedure, [244];
candidate for U.S. Senate, [244];
defeated, [244];
delegate to peace congress, [350];
on com. on res., [358];
opposed change in constitution, [359];
controversy over, [359].
Support for U.S. Senate, 1863, iii. [55];
prefers another candidate than Lincoln for President, [104].
Field, Maunsell B., Chase desires him for asst. U.S. treas., iii. [95];
leads to Chase's resignation, [96].
Fillmore, Millard, youth and career of, i. [371];
a Weed lieutenant, [372];
less faithful than Seward to Weed, [379].
Defeated for U.S. Senate, ii. [38];
nominated for gov., 1844, [79-80];
compared with Wright, [80-1];
confident of election, [88];
defeated, [89];
elected state comp., [127];
nominated for Vice President, 1848, [137-8];
elected, [143];
breaks with Weed, [148];
becomes President, [151];
approves the fugitive slave law, [151-2];
opposes Seward's indorsement, [153];
Fish on, [166];
not nominated for President, [166-8];
career after defeat, [168-9];
nominated for President by Americans, [238];
indorsed by old-line Whigs, [238];
condemned Rep. party, [238];
defeated, [242];
helped Buchanan's election, [242];
criticised by Southern press, iii. [10].
Financial crisis, cause of, 1837, ii. [16-20].
Finch, Francis M., nominated judge of Court of Appeals, 1881, iii. [485];
elected, [486].
Fish, Hamilton, nominated for lt.-gov., 1846, ii. [118];
defeated, [120];
elected lt.-gov., 1847, [128];
nominated for gov., 1848, [139];
popularity of, [139];
career of, [140];
elected gov., [144];
elected U.S. senator, [162];
on Fillmore, [166];
relations with Conkling, [243];
not returned to U.S. Senate, [243];
approves Weed's compromise, [338];
attends Saratoga con., 1866, iii. [144].
Fish, Nicholas, nominated for lt.-gov., i. [173];
father of Hamilton Fish, [173];
character of, [173];
popularity of, [185];
defeated for lt.-gov., [185].
Fitch, Charles E., editor of Rochester Democrat-Chronicle, iii. [376];
character as a writer, [376];
deprecates Conkling's attack on Curtis, [376];
Conkling's retort, [376];
a leading Rep. editor, [414].
Flagg, Azariah, member of Albany Regency, i. [294];
member of Assembly, [325];
career and character of, [326];
appearance, [326];
opposes election of presidential electors, [326];
insists on Yates' renomination, [326].
Comp. of state, ii. [52];
leader of Radicals, [58];
against Seymour for speaker, [90];
re-elected comp., [92].
Flower, Roswell P., presented for gov., 1882, iii. [488];
early career, [488-9];
supported by anti-Tilden leaders, [489];
distrusted by Manning, [489];
associated with Jay Gould, [489];
contest with Slocum, [491];
defeated, [496].
Folger, Charles G., character of, iii. [77];
approves emancipation, [77];
favours postponing Rep. nat. con., 1864, [88];
aspires to the U.S. Senate, 1867, [166];
nominated for chief judge of Court of Appeals, 1880, [460];
elected, [463];
appointed sec. of treas., 1881, [486];
nominated for gov., 1882, [494];
bad methods used, [495];
not suspected of complicity, [496];
advised to decline, [496];
dissuaded by Stalwarts, [496];
pathetic appeal, [497];
pure and useful life crushed by defeat, [498].
Foote, Ebenezer, resents methods of Council, i. [120-1];
character of, [120];
Ambrose Spencer on, [120].
Ford, Elijah, nominated for lt.-gov. by the Hards, ii. [203];
ran ahead of ticket, [203].
Forrest, David P., nominated for prison insp., 1864, iii. [117];
elected, [125].
Fort Niagara, captured by British, i. [224];
Morgan left in magazine of, [359].
Fort, Daniel G., nominated for state treas., 1873, iii. [308];
defeated, [309].
Fort Sumter, relief of, iii. [1];
bombardment, [2];
surrender of, [3].
Foster, Henry A., character of, ii. [53];
leading conservative, [59];
president of State Senate, [59];
formidable in debate, [63].
Foster, John W., opinion of Jay's treaty of 1795, i. [67].
Foster, William Edward, Buffalo Commercial, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Fowler, Isaac V., defalcation as postmaster, ii. [352], note.
Fowler, John Walker, brother of Isaac V., absconds with trust funds, ii. [352], note.
France, threatens war, i. [81-2];
preparations to resist by the United States, [83-4].
Francis, John M., Troy Times, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Franklin, Walter, father of DeWitt Clinton's wife, i. [183].
Free-soil Movement, principles proclaimed, ii. [127];
see [Barnburners].
Fremont, John C., nominated for President, ii. [228-9];
defeated, [241];
nominated for President at Cleveland con., 1864, iii. [92];
withdraws, [120].
French, Stephen B., a friend of Arthur, iii. [493];
efforts to defeat Cornell's renomination, [493];
obtains proxy by unmoral methods, [493], note;
principal cause of Folger's defeat, [498].
Fry, James B., account of New York draft-riot, iii. [69];
influence of Seymour, [69];
dilatoriness of Seymour, [70];
draft completed, [71].
Frye, William P., U.S. senator from Maine, iii. [471];
on Robertson's appointment, [471];
on Conkling's resignation, [478], note.
Fuller, Philo C., career and character of, i. [371];
a Weed lieutenant, [371];
clerk in Wadsworth's office, [371].
Fulton, Robert, history of steam navigation, i. [74-7];
associated with R.R. Livingston, [77].
Furman, Gabriel, nominated for lt.-gov., 1842, ii. [52];
character of, [52];
defeated, [55].
Fusion ticket, 1860, ii. [331-2];
money given for it, [332-3].
Gallagher, Frank B., nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii. [159];
defeated, [165].
Ganson, John, delegate to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. [108].
Gardiner, Addison, nominated for lt.-gov., ii. [78];
career and character of, [78], [233];
Weed's friendship for, [78];
elected, [89];
renominated for lt.-gov., [116];
elected, [120];
on Court of Appeals, [128];
gave way to Parker for gov., [233-4].
Garfield, James A., nominated for President, 1880, iii. [441];
ignored by Nast, [461];
brands "Morey letter" a forgery, [462];
elected, [463];
invites Conkling to Mentor, 1881, [468];
nominates five Stalwarts, [469];
also Robertson for collector, Mar. 23, [469];
reports and theories, [469-71];
efforts to defeat it, [473-6];
resignation of Conkling and Platt, May 13, [476];
assassin's act, July 2, [480];
death deplored, [485].
Garrison, Cornelius K., delegate to seceding states, ii. [351-2].
Garrison, William Lloyd, meets Lundy, ii. [5];
early career of, [5-10].
Gates, Theodore B., nominated for state treas., 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188].
German, Obadiah, leader of Assembly, i. [149];
charges Purdy with bribery, [149], [190];
gifts and character of, [170];
defends embargo, [170], [174];
career of, [170];
in U.S. Senate, [170];
supports Clinton for President, [202];
becomes speaker, [258-9];
resents attacks on Clinton, [266];
manner of speaking, [266].
Gerrymander of legislature, iii. [397-8].
Gettysburg, battle of, iii. [66];
Seymour sends troops, [66].
Godkin, E.L., a vice president of Lib. Rep. meeting, iii. [282];
opposes Greeley's nomination and supports Grant, [286].
Godwin, Parke, presents platform to Rep. state con., 1862, iii. [45];
preferred Lincoln's withdrawal, 1864, [104];
a vice president at Lib. Rep. meeting, 1872, [282];
opposes Greeley's nomination, [286];
supports Grant, [286].
Goodsell, J. Platt, nominated for State eng., 1865, iii. [130];
elected, [135].
Gould, Jay, bondsman for Tweed, iii. [247];
aids in Cornell's defeat, 1882, [493].
Governor, candidates for,
George Clinton, 1777, i. [21];
1780, 1783, 1786, [37];
1789, [44];
1792, [50];
1801, [115];
Robert Yates, 1789, [38];
1795, [64];
John Jay, 1792, [50];
1795, [64];
1798, [82];
Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1801, [115];
Aaron Burr, 1804, [131];
Morgan Lewis, 1804, [136];
1807, [161];
Daniel D. Tompkins, 1807, [155];
1810, [173];
1813, [223];
1816, [236];
1820, [274];
Jonas Platt, 1810, [173];
Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1813, [213];
Rufus King, 1816, [236];
DeWitt Clinton, 1817, [250];
1820, [279];
1824, [330];
1826, [350];
Peter B. Porter, 1817, [251];
Joseph G. Yates, 1822, [312];
Solomon Southwick, 1822, [316];
1828, [364];
Samuel Young 1824, [327];
William B. Rochester, 1826, [350];
Martin Van Buren, 1828, [364];
Smith Thompson, 1828, [362];
Enos T. Throop, 1830, [376];
Francis Granger, 1830, [376];
1832, [393];
William L. Marcy, 1832, [394];
1834, [403].
William L. Marcy, 1836, ii. [11];
1838, [22];
William H. Seward, 1834, i. [402];
1838, ii. [19];
1840, [42];
Jesse Buel, 1836, [12];
William C. Bouck, 1840, [54];
1842, [54];
Luther Bradish, 1842, [51];
Silas Wright, 1844, [78];
1846, [115];
Millard Fillmore, 1844, [79];
Alvan Stewart, 1844, [82];
John Young, 1846, [118];
Hamilton Fish, 1848, [139];
John A. Dix, 1848, [133];
Reuben H. Walworth, 1848, [134];
William L. Chaplin, 1850, [156];
Horatio Seymour, 1850, [156];
1852, [172];
1854, [197];
Washington Hunt, 1850, [154];
1852, [173];
Myron H. Clark, 1854, [199];
Greene C. Bronson, 1854, [196];
Daniel Ullman, 1854, [202];
Amasa J. Parker, 1856, [232];
1858, [249];
Erastus Brooks, 1856, [238];
John A. King, 1856, [236];
Edwin D. Morgan, 1858, [248];
1860, [328];
Lorenzo Burrows, 1858, [249];
William Kelley, 1860, [326];
James T. Brady, 1860, [325].
Horatio Seymour, Dem., 1862, iii. [38];
James S. Wadsworth, Rep., 1862, [45];
Horatio Seymour, Dem., 1864, [117];
Reuben E. Fenton, Rep., 1864, [116];
Reuben E. Fenton, Rep., 1866, [150];
John T. Hoffman, Dem., 1866, [159];
John T. Hoffman, Dem., 1868, [206];
John A. Griswold, Rep., 1868, [195];
John T. Hoffman, Dem., 1870, [230];
Stewart L. Woodford, Rep., 1870, [238];
John A. Dix, Rep., 1872, [293];
Francis Kernan, Dem., 1872, [297];
Samuel J. Tilden, Dem., 1874, [313];
John A. Dix, Rep., 1874, [315];
Myron H. Clark, Pro., 1874, [316];
Lucius Robinson, Dem., 1876, [346];
Edwin D. Morgan, Rep., 1876, [338];
Richard M. Griffin, Greenback, 1876, [346];
Albert J. Groo, Pro., 1876, [346];
Harris Lewis, Nat., 1879, [412];
John W. Mears, Pro., 1879, [412];
Alonzo B. Cornell, Rep., 1879, [416];
Lucius Robinson, Dem., 1879, [424];
John Kelly, Tam., 1879, [424];
Grover Cleveland, Dem., 1882, [491];
Charles J. Folger, Rep., 1882, [494].
Governor, stepping stone to President, i. [80];
compared with United States senator, [364].
Governor, powers under Constitution of 1777, i. [10].
Governors, names and service of,
George Clinton, 1777-95, i. [21], [37], [44];
John Jay, 1795-1801, [64], [82];
George Clinton, 1801-4, [60], [115];
Morgan Lewis, 1804-7, [136], [161];
Daniel D. Tompkins, 1807-17, [155], [173], [223], [236];
DeWitt Clinton, 1817-23, [250], [279];
Joseph G. Yates, 1823-5, [312];
DeWitt Clinton, 1825-8, [330-350];
Nathaniel Pitcher (acting), 1828-9, [366];
Martin Van Buren, 1829, [364];
Enos T. Throop, 1829-33, [366], [376];
William L. Marcy, 1833-9, [394], [403].
William L. Marcy, ii. [11];
William H. Seward, 1839-43, [19], [42];
William C. Bouck, 1843-5, [54];
Silas Wright, 1845-7, [78];
John Young, 1847-9, [118];
Hamilton Fish, 1849-51, [139];
Washington Hunt, 1851-3, [154];
Horatio Seymour, 1853-5, [172];
Myron H. Clark, 1855-7, [199];
John A. King, 1857-9, [236];
Edwin D. Morgan, 1859-63, [248], [328].
Horatio Seymour, 1863-5, iii. [38];
Reuben E. Fenton, 1865-9, [116], [151];
John T. Hoffman, 1869-1873, [205-7], [230-1];
John A. Dix, 1873-5, [293];
Samuel J. Tilden, 1875-7, [313];
Lucius Robinson, 1877-9, [345-6];
Alonzo B. Cornell, 1880-3, [412-8];
Grover Cleveland, 1883-5, [488-91].
Grace, William Russell, character of, iii. [460];
nominated for mayor of N.Y., [461];
elected, [463].
Graham, Theodore V.W., removed as recorder, i. [179].
Granger, Francis, nominated for Assembly, i. [358];
Weed on, [361];
Seward on, [361], note;

career of, [361];
opponent of John C. Spencer, [361];
dress, appearance, and manners of, [361], and note;
defeated for nomination for gov., [368];
nominated lt.-gov., [368];
defeated, [368];
nominated for gov. by Anti-Masons, 1830, [376];
indorsed by Nat. Reps., [376];
a great mistake, [377];
defeated, [377];
nominated for gov., 1832, [393];
reason for defeat, [396];
elected to Congress, 1834, [402], [404];
Seward on, [404].
Defeated for nomination for gov., 1838, ii. [19-21];
continued in Congress, [47];
postmaster-general, [154];
left Congress, 1843, [154];
in Utica con., [153];
ally of Fillmore, [154];
leads Silver-Grays' secession, [155];
delegate to peace congress, [350];
friendship with Weed renewed, [350].
Granger, Gideon, member of Madison cabinet, i. [202];
supports DeWitt Clinton for President, [202];
character and career of, [202];
father of Francis, [360].
Grant, Ulysses S., favoured for President, 1864, iii. [93];
gives no encouragement, [93];
favours Lincoln's election, [120];
reports upon Southern sentiment, 1865, [136];
unpopularity with radical Reps., [190];
quarrels with Johnson, [191];
taken up by Reps., [191];
endorsed by Rep. state con. 1868, [191];
nominated for President, [192];
elected, [215];
fails to carry New York, [215];
evidences of fraud in election, [215-8];
adm. criticised, [276-81];
renominated, 1872, [292];
elected, [302];
severely criticised, [317];
talk of a third term, 1874, [317];
his letter ends it, 1875, [329];
renewed on his return from abroad, [428];
an active candidate, [428];
gets fifty votes from N.Y., [441];
defeated, [442];
the faithful, [306], [442].
Graves, Ezra, nominated for prison insp., 1872, iii. [296];
elected, [302];
renominated, 1874, [315];
defeated, [319].
Gray, David, Buffalo Courier, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Greeley, Horace, edits the Jeffersonian, ii. [26];
early career of, [26];
came to N.Y., 1821, [26];
political conditions, [27];
first meeting with Weed, [28];
gifts of, [29];
relations with Weed, [32];
failed of election to constitutional con., 1846, [105];
chafes under Weed's control, [116];
elected to Congress, 1848, [138];
assails Castle Garden meeting, [157];
at Anti-Nebraska con., [194];
wants to be gov., [198];
appeals to Weed, [198], note;
offended at Raymond's nomination, [199], [200];
favoured a Rep. party, 1854, [200];
at birth of Rep. party, 1855, [213];
active in 1856, [240];
favours Douglas for U.S. senator, [247];
dislike of Seward, [247];
at Chicago con., [286];
Seward and Weed think him faithful, [284], note, [286], note;
for Bates for President, [287];
jubilant over Seward's defeat, [289-90];
reply to Raymond, [308-9];
demands his letter of 1854, [310];
publishes it, [311-17];
character of campaign, 1860, [332];
peaceable secession, [335-6];
"no compromise" theory, [343];
defeated for U.S. Senate, [363-5], note;
reasons for, [365], note;
Tribune on, [366];
persistent office-seeker, [366];
charges Seward with favouring Weed's compromise, [380], [382];
criticised Seward's appointments, [399];
as to Dickinson, [398], [401];
relations with Lincoln not cordial, [402-3].
On Scott's insincerity, iii. [11], note;
heads radical anti-slavery sentiment, [14];
prayer of twenty millions, [35];
his force, [36];
contest with Bennett, [36];
favours Wadsworth, [44];
ambition for U.S. Senate, 1863, [54];
tries to defeat Morgan, [56];
Seymour's complicity in draft-riot, [69];
at Rep. state con., 1863, [75];
qualities as a party leader, [75], note;
susceptible to flattery, [75], note;
favours postponing Rep. nat. con., 1864, [89];
preferred Chase, Fremont, or Grant to Lincoln, [89];
failure of his leadership, [91], note;
yearns for peace, 1864, [102];
visits Confederates at Niagara Falls, [102];
authority from Lincoln, [102];
encourages substitution of another candidate for Lincoln, [104];
nominated for elector-at-large, [117];
elected, [125];
yields to an offer of office, [126];
favours negro suffrage, [128];
lion of Rep. state con., 1866, [150];
aspires to U.S. Senate, 1867, [166];
wants to be gov., 1868, [193];
way seems to be open, [194];
great applause when presented, [195];
received small vote, [195];
reasons for it, [196];
named for state comp., 1869, [226];
defeated, [227];
wants to be gov., 1870, [237];
opposed as in 1868, [237];
reasons for defeat, [238];
laments removal of Fenton men, [250];
resents efforts to crush his machine, 1871, [251-6];
attacks Conkling, [257];
replies to Conkling's con. speech, [263-4];
his organisation defeated, [263];
reasons for joining Lib. Reps., [281-2];
suggested for President, 1872, [283];
opposition to, [283];
writes platform of party, [284];
nominated, [285];
endorsed by Dems., [289];
defeated, [302];
pathetic ending of his life, [303];
buried like a conqueror, [304].
Green, Andrew H., appointed deputy city comp., iii. [247];
estimate of Tweed Ring's plunder, [248].
Green, Beriah, early abolitionist, ii. [7].
Green, George C., del. to Kelly's state con., 1880, and named as del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., iii. [452];
refused admission, [457];
part in spectacular reconciliation, [458].
Greenback Party, organization of, 1876, iii. [346];
meet at Syracuse, [346];
second con., 1876, [346];
con. of, 1877, [384];
smallness of its vote, [389];
united with labor reform party, [389];
issues call for a Nat. con., [389];
see [Nat. Green.-Lab. Reform party].
Greenback Labour party, state con., Albany, 1882, iii. [487].
Griffin, Richard M., nominated for gov., 1876, iii. [346];
defeated, [350].
Grinnell, Moses H., at Anti-Nebraska con., ii. [194];
declined nomination for gov., 1856, [234];
career and character of, [234-5];
approves Weed's compromise, [338].
Acts as agent of the President, iii. [7];
urges Lincoln's renomination, [88];
secedes from Rep. state con., 1871, [264];
meets with a separate body, [264].
Griswold, John A., elected to Congress, iii. [125];
character and services of, [125];
changes his party, [126];
nominated for gov., 1868, [193];
defeated, [215];
evidences of fraud in election, [215-8];
declines to oppose Morgan for U.S. Senate, [220].
Groesbeck, William S., candidate in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. [289].
Groo, Albert J., nominated for gov., 1876, iii. [346];
defeated, [350].
Gross, Ezra C., gifts of, i. [358];
eloquence of, [358];
death of, [358].
Grover, Martin, nominated for judge court of Appeals, 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135];
renominated, 1867, [179];
elected, [187].
Gumbleton, Henry A., clerk of N.Y. county, iii. [418];
removed from office, [418].
Habeas corpus, suspension of, iii. [16], [24], [27], [58].
Hagner, Henry, nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. [384];
defeated, [387].
Haight, Jacob, treas. of state, ii. [36].
Hale, Daniel, removed as sec. of state, i. [179].
Hale, Matthew, bitterly opposed third-term, iii. [429].
"Half-breeds," title of faction in Rep. party, 1880, iii. [437].
Hall, A. Oakey, known as "elegant Oakey," iii. [177];
"without ballast," [177];
good speaker, [177];
versifier, [177];
tortuous political career, [177];
succeeds Hoffman as mayor, [177];
tried and not convicted, [247], note;
served his term as mayor, [247].
Hall, Willis, atty.-gen., ii. [36];
character of, [37].
Halleck, Fitz-Greene, Tam. song, i. [182].
Hamilton, early life of, i. [3];
speech at age of seventeen, [3];
compared with William Pitt, [3];
association with Washington, [25];
at Yorktown, [26];
Washington on, [26];
admitted to the bar, [26];
defends Tories, [26];
opposes Clinton, [26];
collection of duties by Congress, [27-8];
at Annapolis, [29];
revision of Articles of Confederation, [29];
reasons for Clinton's opposition, [29];
del. to amend Articles, [29];
his plan, [31];
supports Madison's plan, [31];
signs Federal Constitution, [31];
Clinton reproves him, [31];
ratification of Constitution, [31];
eloquence and influence of, [31-6];
fear of disunion, [35];
hears from Virginia and New Hampshire, [35];
criticism of Clinton, [36];
on Robert Yates for gov., [38-40];
failure of coalition, [44];
control of Federal patronage, [44];
sec. of the treasury, [44];
first meeting with Burr, [45];
opinion of Washington, [46];
legend as to Burr and, [46];
opposed by R.R. Livingston, [48];
reasons for it, [48];
defeat of Schuyler, [49];
Jay's nomination for gov., [50];
assumption of state debts, [53];
Jay's renomination for gov., [65];
Jay's treaty with England, [65-6];
assaulted by a mob, [65];
election of Apr., 1800, [90];
Alien-Sedition laws, [90];
meets Burr at the polls, [91];
courtesy of, [91];
style of oratory, [91];
Root's opinion of, [91];
party defeated, [91];
election of presidential electors, [92];
breaks with Adams, [94];
reason for, [94];
ugly letter opposing Adams, [96];
prefers Jefferson to Adams, [96];
great mistake, [97];
urges Federalists to oppose Burr, [99-101];
hoped DeWitt Clinton would become a Federalist, [108];
earnings as a lawyer, [132];
Spencer's estimate of, [132];
Root's estimate of, [132];
argues Croswell case, [132];
Kent's opinion of, [132-3];
prefers Lansing to Burr, [133-5];
Burr, a leader of secession, [134];
disapproves disunion, [134];
Lansing's withdrawal, [136];
Burr's challenge, [139-40];
an imperious custom, [140-1];
his defence for fighting, [141];
duel and death, [142-3];
profound sorrow, [143];
his career had he lived, [143];
charters United States Bank, [186].
Hammond, John, nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii. [152];
elected, [165].
Hammond, John M., nominated for canal com., 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188].
Hampton, Wade, in command at Plattsburgh, i. [224];
character and fitness of, [224];
failure of, [224];
resigns, [224].
Hancock, Winfield S., aspires to be President, iii. [197];
his training, [197];
nominated for President, 1880, [457];
defeated, [463].
Hards, name of Dem. faction, ii. [185];
successors to the Hunkers, [185];
why so called, [185];
ticket defeated, 1853, [189];
repeal of the Missouri Compromise, [195];
nominate Bronson for gov., [196];
defeated, [203];
refused to rejoin Softs, [209];
stand with South, [210];
welcomed at Nat. con., [226-8];
unite with Softs, [232];
hold a separate state con., [324];
Brady nominated for gov., [325];
defeated, [333].
Hard times of 1837, cause and result of, ii. [16-20];
Van Buren's statesmanship, [41].
Harris, Ira, career and character of, ii. [117], [390];
on Supreme Court, [117];
in Assembly, [117];
in constitutional con., 1846, [117];
supported Young for gov., [118];
elected U.S. senator, [365];
appearance and ability of, [390];
associates of, [390];
with Sumner and Collamer, [390];
question of patronage, [390], [396].
Sustains Seward, iii. [84];
seeks re-election to U.S. Senate, 1867, [166];
wise and safe legislator, [166];
Lincoln's joke, [166];
defeated by Conkling, [171];
resents removal of Sumner, [278].
Harrison, Richard, member of Poughkeepsie con., i. [33];
U.S. atty., [44];
ability of, [44].
Harrison, William Henry, candidate of northern Whigs, 1836, ii. [11];
nominated for President, 1840, [40];
elected, [45].
Hart, Ephraim, friend of DeWitt Clinton, i. [261];
defeated for canal com., [261].
Harvard University, Rufus King a graduate of, i. [270].
Haskin, John B., in Congress, ii. [339], note;
disapproves Weed's compromise, [339], note;
del. to Kelly's state con., 1880, iii. [451];
proposes plank on Tilden, [452].
Hatch, Roswell D., member of Com. of Seventy, iii. [268];
activity in reform, 1871, [268].
Havermeyer, Henry, dispatches to, sent by Marble, 1876, iii. [350].
Havermeyer, William F., served two terms as mayor, iii. [299];
character of, [299];
renominated, 1872, [299];
elected, [302];
death, [314];
a good record, [318].
Hawley, Gideon, state supt. of schools, i. [288];
record of, [288];
dismissal of, [288].
Hayes, Rutherford B., nominated for President, 1876, iii. [334];
letter of acceptance, [344];
declared elected, [350];
efforts to reform civil service, [360];
opposition, [361];
advocates hard money, [391];
nominates successors to Arthur and Cornell, 1877, [399];
reasons for, [399], [402];
Conkling's criticism of, [402-3];
appointees defeated, [404-5];
suspends Arthur and Cornell, 1878, [406];
reason for, [406];
their successors confirmed, [409].
Headley, Joel T., career and character of, ii. [215];
writer of biography, [215];
nominated for sec. of state, [215];
elected, [218].
Heenan, John C., "the Benicia Boy," ii. [257];
backs Wood in his capture of state con., [257].
Henry, John V., removed from comptrollership, i. [117];
resents methods of Council, [119];
character of, [119].
Hepburn, A. Barton, nominated for congressman-at-large, 1882, iii. [494];
declined to accept, [495].
Hewitt, Abram S., ch'm. Dem. nat. con., 1876, iii. [349];
management of, [349];
informs Tilden of Electoral Com., [354];
relied upon Davis being fifth judge, [356];
uses "Morey letter," 1880, with great force, [462];
an organiser of the County Democracy, [484].

Higgins, Frank W., promoted from lt.-gov. to gov., i. [180].
Hildreth, Matthias B., appointed atty.-gen., i. [179];
death of, [213].
Hill, David B., promoted from lt.-gov. to gov., i. [180];
ch'm. state con., 1877, iii. [380];
early career, [381];
character and ability, [381];
aids Tilden, [381];
hesitates to rule against Kelly, [382];
in con., 1879, [420];
elected lt.-gov., 1882, [498].
Hill, Nicholas, ability of, ii. [390].
Hillhouse, Thomas, nominated for state comp., 1865, iii. [130];
elected, [135];
renominated, 1867, [187];
defeated, [187];
renominated, 1869, [225];
withdraws from ticket, [225].
Hiscock, Frank, attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296];
on com. to confer with Dems., [296];
suggested for gov., 1879, [414];
early career and character, [415].
Hitchman, William, elected speaker of Assembly, 1869, iii. [224];
controlled by Tweed, [224];
re-elected, 1870, [228].
Hoadley, George, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii. [283];
opposes Greeley's nomination, [283].
Hobart, John Sloss, member first constitutional con., i. [5];
judge Supreme Court, [16];
at Hartford con., [28];
member Poughkeepsie con., [33];
retired from Supreme Court, [68];
elected to U.S. Senate, [70].
Hoffman, James O., recorder of N.Y., i. [179].
Hoffman, John T., life and character of, iii. [156], [157], [164];
offices held, [157], [177];
nominated for gov., 1866, [159];
active in campaign, [164];
makes good impression, [164];
loyalty impeached, [164];
defeated, [165];
ch'm. Dem. state con., 1867, [179];
favours U.S. bonds paid in gold, [180];
receives complimentary votes for President, 1868, [198];
nominated for gov., 1868, [205];
Nast's cartoons, [210];
proclamation as mayor, 1868, [214];
elected, [215];
evidence of fraud, [215-8];
approves Tweed charter, [229];
also Erie railroad legislation, [230];
appoints Tweed judges to general term, [230];
criticised severely, [230];
renominated, 1870, [231];
Nast's cartoon on repeaters, [242];
attacks resented, [243];
elected, [244];
del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., 1872, [287];
declines to be candidate for gov., 1872, [297];
con. approves his administration, [298];
in retirement, [299];
death, [299].
Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, leads Federalists, i. [61];
removed as atty.-gen., [117].
Hoffman, Michael, leading Radical, ii. [52];
career and character of, [52-3];
defeated for speaker, [59];
power in debate, [63];
constitutional con., 1846, [97-9];
in constitutional con., [103];
state indebtedness, [107-9];
Weed on, [108].
Hoffman, Ogden, son of Josiah Ogden Hoffman, i. [357];
eloquence of, [357];
sent to Assembly, [358];
criminal lawyer, [358];
nominated for atty.-gen., ii. [187];
gifts of, [188];
Greeley on, [188].
Holley, Orville L., surveyor-general, ii. [18], [36].
Hopkins, Nelson K., nominated for state comp., 1871, iii. [264];
elected, [275];
renominated, 1873, [308];
endorsed by Liberals, [309];
elected, [309].
Hoskins, George G., nominated for lt.-gov., 1879, iii. [416];
elected, [427].
Howe, Epenetus, nominated for gov., 1882, iii. [487];
defeated, [498].
Howland, Joseph, nominated for state treas., 1865, iii. [130];
elected, [135].
Hoyt, Stephen T., nominated for canal com., 1866, iii. [152];
elected, [165];
renominated, 1869, [226];
defeated, [227].
Hubbard, Ruggles, member of Council, i. [231];
attachment for Clinton, [234];
character of, [235].
Hudson River Valley, attracts New Englanders, i. [81].
Hughes, Charles, nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1862, iii. [45], note;
defeated, [51].
Hulburd, Calvin T., nominated for state comp., 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188].
Humphrey, James, congressman, ii. [338], note;
attacks Weed's compromise, [338], note.
Hunkers, Democratic faction so called, ii. [126];
leaders of, [126-7];
Barnburners secede from, [127];
lose the state, 1847, [127];
1848, [143];
Seymour unites them with Barnburners, [149];
nominate Seymour for gov., 1850, [156];
defeated, [158];
support Dickinson for President, 1852, [169-72];
support Pierce and Seymour, 1852, [169-78];
secede from Barnburners, 1853, [180-5];
nominate separate ticket, [183];
approve canal constitutional amendment, [183];
called Hardshells or Hards, [185];
see [Hards].
Hunt, Alvah, elected state treas., ii. [127-8].
Hunt, Ward, candidate for U.S. Senate, ii. [244];
brilliant career of, [244].
Supported for U.S. Senate, 1863, iii. [55];
character of, [73];
speech at Rep. state con., 1863, [73];
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1865, [130];
elected, [135].
Hunt, Washington, on Clay's Alabama letter, ii. [88];
elected state comp., [150];
nominated for gov., 1850, [154];
endorsed by Silver-Grays, [156];
elected, [158];
calls extra session of legislature, [163];
renominated for gov., [173];
inclined to Fillmore, [173];
defeated, [178];
favours union of Rep. and American parties, [249];
president of Constitutional Union party, [326];
fuses party with Softs, [326];
criticised by Greeley, [326-7];
impaired value of fusion, [327];
declares intention, [327].
Manager, of Cons. Union con., 1863, iii. [79], note;
del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, [110];
demands armistice and con. of states, [110];
candidate for elector-at-large, 1864, [120];
defeated, [125].
Huntington, George, nominated for lt.-gov., i. [213].
Husted, James W., character and ability, iii. [258];
choice of his party for speaker of Assembly, [258];
nominated for state treas., 1881, [485];
defeated, [486].
Hutchins, Waldo M., visits Lincoln for Greeley, iii. [126], note;
head of Fenton machine, [220];
at Rep. state con., 1871, [259];
joins Lib. Rep. party, [283];
organises Nat. con. for Greeley's nomination, [283];
attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, [296];
on com. to confer with Dems., [296];
name presented for gov., 1882, [488], note.
Hyer, Tom, noted pugilist, ii. [281];
at Chicago con. for Seward, [281];
leads street parade, [281];
fails to get into Wigwam, [288].
Independence, not thought of, 1774, i. [2].
"Infected district," of anti-Masonry, western half of state, i. [360].
Ingersoll, Charles Jared, statement of, after war of 1812, i. [230];
on annexation of Texas, ii. [67].
Irving Hall Democracy, organised by Morrissey, 1874, iii. [331];
its ticket elected, 1875, [331];
dels. yield to Tam., 1879, [421];
seated after Kelly's bolt, [423];
fooled by Tam. in candidate for mayor, 1880, [460-1];
unites with Tam. and County Democracy, 1882, [498];
local ticket elected, [499].
Irving, Peter, publisher of N.Y. Chronicle, i. [123];
supports Burr, [123], [152].
Ives, Benoni J., nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii. [325];
defeated, [331].
Jackson, Andrew, battle of New Orleans, i. [229];
favoured by Clinton for President, [334-6];
eulogises Clinton, [336];
likeness to Clinton, [336];
Van Buren joins Clinton in support of, [346];
popularity of, [358];
a Free Mason, [361];
offer to United States Bank, 1832, [393];
refused by Clay and Webster, [393];
vetoed its charter, [393];
the issue, 1832, [393];
elected, [368];
makes Van Buren sec. of state, [383];
appoints Van Buren to England, [387];
compels Van Buren's nomination for Vice President, [391].
Compels Van Buren's nomination for President, ii. [4], [5];
confidence in Van Buren, 1844, [69].
Jackson, James, nominated for canal com., 1873, iii. [308];
elected, [309].
Jacobs, John C., senator from Kings county, iii. [421];
ch'm. Dem. con., 1879, [421];
named for gov., [422];
declines, [422];
candidate for U.S. Senate, 1881, [482];
withdraws, [482].
James, Amaziah B., at peace congress, ii. [350];
patriotism of, [359].
James, Thomas L., appointed postmaster-general, 1881, iii. [468];
confirmed, [468];
tries to compromise Robertson's appointment, [472].
Jay, John, in first constitutional con., i. [5];
appointed to draft a state constitution, [6];
age, [6];
family of, [6];
marriage of, [6];
Committee of Fifty-one, [6];
del. to first Continental Congress, [7];
author of famous papers, [7];
Jefferson on, [7];
drafts constitution, [7];
proposed Council of Appointment, [12];
account of, [11], note;
abolition of slavery, [14];
withdraws from con., [14];
chief justice of State Supreme Court, [16];
suggested for gov., [17];
proposed Schuyler and Clinton for gov. and lt.-gov., [20];
extreme modesty of, [20];
defeated for del. to constitutional con. of 1787, [30];
member of Poughkeepsie con., [33];
mentioned for gov., [37];
chief justice U.S. Supreme Court, [44];
nominated for gov., 1792, [50];
previous refusals, [51];
career and character of, [51];
buzz of presidential bee, [51];
denounced as an aristocrat, [53];
campaign abuse, [53-4];
opposed by the Livingstons, [55];
counted out, [56];
anger of Federalists, [59-60];
dignified conduct, [60];
renominated for gov., [64];
elected, [65];
treaty with England, [65];
opposition to, [65];
burned in effigy, [65];
first term as gov., [67];
dodges the slavery question, [68];
appoints Kent and Radcliff to Supreme Court, [68];
opposed for re-election by Livingston, [78];
re-elected, [82];
approves Alien-Sedition laws, [85];
Hamilton's plan for electing Presidential electors, [92];
opposes DeWitt Clinton, [110];
refuses to reconvene Council of Appointment, [110];
fails to recommend abolition of slavery, [111];
close of career, [111-14];
character of, [112];
crowning act of his life, [112];
Canada in peace treaty of 1783, [112-3];
declines reappointment as chief justice of U.S., [114];
retires to his farm, [115];
favours DeWitt Clinton for President, [203-5].
Jay, Peter A., eldest son of John Jay, i. [273];
recorder of New York City, [273];
a thrust at high-minded Federalists, [273];
removed from office, [287].
Jefferson, Thomas, compliments Jay, i. [101];
opinion of Burr, [105];
swift removals from office, [120];
rewards the Livingstons, [121];
acts with Clinton in crushing Burr, [121];
opposed Burr, 1804, [137];
on Chesapeake affair, [163];
orders embargo, [163];
repeals it, [179];
opinion of Stephen Van Rensselaer, [214];
on Erie canal, [244].
Jenkins, Elisha, reappointed sec. of state, i. [179].
Jenkins, Timothy, career of, ii. [247];
ambitious to be gov., 1858, [247].
Jennings, Lewis J., N.Y. Times, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Johnson, Alexander S., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874, iii. [315];
defeated, [319].
Johnson, Andrew, becomes President, 1865, iii. [127];
plan of reconstruction, [127];
rejects negro suffrage, [128];
endorsed by Dems., 1865, [128];
and by Reps., [132];
influence of Weed and Raymond, [131-2];
radical Reps. hostile, [136];
Stevens opposes his policy, [137];
Raymond replies, [137];
defeated, [141];
vetoes civil rights bill, [141];
bad traits, [142];
ill-tempered speech, [142];
Civil Rights bill passed over veto, [142];
favours Philadelphia con., 1866, [142];
swing around the circle, [148];
removal of Rep. officials, [162];
his party defeated, [166];
Dems. drop him, [182];
impeachment of, [190];
candidate for President at Dem. nat. con., [197].
Johnson, William S., opposes Seward, ii. [147].
Johnston, Joseph E., at battle of Bull Run, iii. [12].
Jones, David R. Floyd, nominated for sec. of state, 1861, iii. [21], note;
defeated, [29];
candidate for lt.-gov., 1862, [41], note;
elected, [51];
renominated, 1864, [120];
defeated, [125].
Jones, George, of N.Y. Times, iii. [95];
approves Raymond's support of Johnson, [95];
rejects Tweed's enormous bribe, [246].
Jones, Henry, nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. [130];
elected, [135].
Jones, Samuel, member of Poughkeepsie con., i. [33];
supports Clinton for gov., 1789, [43];
Kent on, [43], note;
first state comp., [70].
Jones, Samuel, son of the preceding, i. [347];
appointed chancellor, [347].
Jordan, Ambrose L., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [109];
on elective judiciary, [110];
gifts of, [110];
atty.-gen., [128].
Junio, John J., nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. [384];
defeated, [387].
Kansas, efforts in behalf of slavery, ii. [208];
rifles from the North, [222];
border ruffians withdraw, [223];
Seward's bill to admit as State, [223];
more hostilities, [223];
Beecher's Bibles, [224];
against Lecompton constitution, [246];
action of freestate men, [262];
Wyandotte constitution, [262].
Kaufman, Sigmund, nominated for lt.-gov., 1870, iii. [238];
defeated, [244].
Kelley, William, nominated for gov. by Softs, 1860, ii. [326];
career and character of, [326];
defeated, [333];
at Dem. state peace con., [354].
Kelly, John, succeeds Tweed as leader of Tam., iii. [288];
appearance, [288];
early career, [288];
character, [288];
reorganises Tam., 1871, [289];
favours nomination of Greeley, 1872, [289];
urges Schell for gov., 1872, [297];
nominates Lawrence for mayor, 1872, [299];
defeated, [302];
declares for Tilden for gov., 1874, [310];
blow at canal ring, [312];
selects men of Tweed ring for city offices, [314];
Havermeyer charges graft, [318] and note;
elects Tam. ticket, [319];
breaks with Morrissey, 1875, [325];
his faction known as "Short-hairs," [325];
ticket defeated, 1875, [331];
opposes Tilden, 1876, [341-2];
reunites with Morrissey, 1876, [346];
his ticket elected, [350];
breaks with Morrissey, 1877, [386];
Morrissey elected, [389];
controls state con., 1878, [392];
nominates Schell for mayor, [394];
badly punished by defeat, [396];
gov. removes his best friend, [418];

declares war on Robinson, [418], [420];
charges against, [420];
threatens to bolt con., 1879, [421];
exhausts argument and trickery, [422-3];
leaves the con., [423-4];
holds one of his own, [424];
accepts nomination for gov., [424];
alliance with Cornell, [426];
reasons for charge, [426];
crushed by defeat, [427];
refused admission to state con., 1880, [451];
holds con. of his own, [451];
fierce speech against Tilden, [452];
refused admission to Nat. con., 1880, [457];
cool treatment of, [458];
spectacular reconciliation, [458];
forces a state con., 1880, [460];
controls it, [460];
fools Irving Hall, [460];
held responsible for Hancock's defeat, [483] and note;
opponents organise County Democracy, 1881, [483-4];
dels. excluded from state con., 1881, [484];
holds balance of power in legislature, 1882, [487];
his demands, [487], note;
affiliates with Reps., [487];
forces way into state con., 1882, [488];
divides vote among four candidates for gov., [490];
supports Cleveland in stampede, [491];
joins County Democracy in local nominations, 1882, [498];
city and state tickets elected, [498].
Kelly, William E., aspirant for gov., 1864, iii. [117];
candidate for elector-at-large, 1864, [120];
defeated, [125].
Kent, James, on Schuyler, i. [18];
supports Jay, 1792, [55];
personal appearance of, [55];
on Supreme Court, [68];
character of, [68];
reforms of, [68];
on Hamilton in Croswell case, [132-3];
on Hamilton's future had he lived, [143];
on privateering, [265];
answered by Young, [265-6];
asked to stand for U.S. senator, [268];
in constitutional con., 1821, [298];
freehold franchise, [299-300];
heads electoral ticket, 1832, [393];
law lectures, ii. [104];
death of, [125].
Kent, William, son of the chancellor, ii. [31];
calls Weed the "Dictator," [31];
candidate for lt.-gov., 1852, [173];
career of, [173-4];
elector on fusion Dem. ticket, 1860, [326];
criticised by Tribune, [327].
Kernan, Francis, ch'm. Dem. state con., 1861, iii. [17];
views on emancipation, [17];
refuses nomination for atty.-gen., [21];
offices held, [21];
elected to Congress, 1862, [52];
del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, [108];
attends Saratoga con., 1866, [144];
in Nat. Dem. con., 1868, [200];
advises Seymour to accept presidency, [201];
shabby treatment of, [270-1];
nominated for gov., 1872, [297];
defeated, [302];
elected to U.S. Senate, 1874, [321];
advocates gold standard, [396];
defeated for re-election, 1881, [468].
Keyser, Abraham, state treas., ii. [1].
King, John A., son of Rufus, i. [259];
on German's election as speaker, [259];
predicts division of Federal party, [259];
resents Clinton's control of Federalists, [267];
charges Van Ness with hypocrisy, [268];
president of Anti-Nebraska con., ii. [194];
at birth of Rep. party, [212];
nominated for gov., [236];
character and career of, [236-7];
elected, [241];
at peace congress, [350].
King Park, Long Island, old home of Rufus King, i. [271].
King, Preston, supports Wilmot Proviso, ii. [102], [126];
career and character of, [102];
a Barnburner, [131];
at Utica con., [131];
supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, [177];
withdraws from con. of Softs, 1854, [197];
at birth of Rep. party, [214];
nominated for sec. of state, [214];
elected U.S. senator, [243-5];
disapproves Weed's compromise, [339];
question of patronage, [390], [396].
Defeated for U.S. senate, 1863, iii. [54];
creditable service, [54];
deserted by Seward and Weed, [54];
del.-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864, [92];
supported Johnson for Vice-President, [94];
approved Seward's removal from Cabinet, [94];
early friend of President Johnson, [130];
accepts collectorship of New York, 1865, [131];
reconciliation with Seward, [131];
suicide, [131];
reasons for act, [131].
King, Rufus, U.S. senator, i. [44];
referee in Clinton-Jay contest, [57];
minister to England, [70];
disapproves disunion, [134];
spoken of for gov., 1804, [137];
candidate for Vice-President, 1804, [147];
candidate for Vice-President, 1808, [166];
defeated, [167];
opposes DeWitt Clinton for President, [202-6];
re-elected U.S. senator, [211];
charged with bargain, [211];
nominated for gov., 1816, [236];
strength of, [236];
defeated, [236];
doubts feasibility of Erie canal, [244];
votes cast for re-election to U.S. senate, [267];
resents Clinton's control of Federalists, [267];
reasons for, [267];
re-elected to U.S. senate, [269];
courageous stand of Van Buren for, [268-70];
gifts, character, and career of, [270-2];
supported war of 1812, [270];
opposed Missouri Compromise of 1820, [272];
known as champion of freedom, [272];
relations with Van Buren, [272];
declines to join Bucktail party, [272];
effort to prevent Tompkins' nomination, [277-9].
King's (Columbia) College, Gouverneur Morris a graduate of, i. [73].
Kinsella, Thomas, Brooklyn Eagle, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Kirkland, Charles S., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [103];
on elective judiciary, [109].
Kirkpatrick, Thomas, nominated for prison insp., 1871, iii. [264];
elected, [275].
Knower, Benjamin, state treas., i. [294];
member Albany Regency, [294];
go-between of Van Buren and Clinton, [346], [348].
Know-Nothing party, see [Native American party].
Labor Reform party, state con. of, 1877, iii. [384];
its principles, [389];
coalesces with Greenback party, [389];
issues call for Nat. con., [389];
see [Nat.-Green.-Lab.-Reform party].
Labor Reform vote, 1870, iii. [244], note.
Ladue, Oliver, nominated for canal comr., 1862, iii. [45], note;
defeated, [51].
Laflin, Fordyce, nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii. [226];
elected, [227].
Laning, Albert P., character of, iii. [20];
patriotic sentiments, [20];
presents resolutions, [40];
del. to Nat. Dem. con., 1864, [108];
defeated for nomination for lt.-gov., [207];
ch'm. state con., 1878, [392];
rules in favour of Kelly, [393].
Lansing, Abraham G., removed as state treas., i. [165];
character of, [165];
restored as treas., [172].
Lansing, Garrett T., son of preceding, i. [165];
removed as master in chancery, [179].
Lansing, John, Jr., del. to amend Articles of Confederation, i. [29];
fitness for, [30];
withdraws from con., [30];
refuses to sign Federal Constitution, [31];
member of Poughkeepsie con., [33];
supports Clinton for gov., 1789, [43];
appointed to Supreme Court, [45];
story of his career, [129];
made chancellor, [129];
his murder, [130];
selected for gov., 1804, [131];
withdraws, [136];
reasons for, [152-3].
Lapham, Elbridge G., nominated for U.S. senator, 1881, iii. [481];
elected, [482].
Lapham, George H., nominated for state comp., 1881, iii. [484];
defeated, [486].
Lawrence, Cornelius V.R., candidate for mayor of N.Y., 1834, i. [400];
first year mayor was elective, [400];
spirited contest, [400];
elected, [401].
Lawrence, John, elected to U.S. senate, i. [70];
career and character of, [70];
prosecuted Major André, [70];
marriage of, [70].
Lawrence, Lewis, editor of Utica Republican, iii. [385].
Leavenworth, Elias W., nominated for sec. of state, ii. [258].
Lecompton constitution, character of, ii. [246];
Douglas on, [246];
see [Kansas].
Ledyard, Isaac, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i. [50].
Lester, Albert, in canal debate, ii. [63].
Lewis, Harris, nominated for gov., 1879, iii. [412];
defeated, [427].
Lewis, Morgan, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i. [49];
atty.-gen., [49];
chief justice Supreme Court, [115];
nominated for gov., 1804, [136];
reasons for it, [137];
career of, [136-7];
powerful support, [137];
elected, [138];
practices nepotism, [147], [155], [156];
favours Merchants' Bank, [148], [190];
Clinton opposed to, [149-50];
secures Council, [154];
removes Clinton from mayoralty, [154-5];
opposed by Tompkins, [155];
renominated for gov., [161];
defeated, [161];
member of Council, [217];
supports Riker for Supreme Court, [217];
in war of 1812, [221];
character as a soldier, [221];
retires in disgrace, [225].
Lewis, William B., candidate for state treas., 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29].
L'Hommedieu, Ezra, in first constitutional con., i. [5];
ridicules Livingston's steamboat, [76].
Liberal Republican party, organisation, 1872, iii. [280];
calls Nat. con., [280];
prominent Reps. aid movement, [280];
Greeley's reasons for joining it, [281-2];
nominate Greeley for President, [286];
ticket endorsed by Dems., [289];
defeated, [302];
leaders in N.Y. return to Rep. party, 1874, [315].
Liberal Republican state conventions, 1872, Syracuse, iii. [296];
1874, Albany, [315-6];
1875, Albany, [326];
1876, Saratoga, [337];
unites with Rep. state con., 1876, [337].
Lieutenant-governorship, not necessarily stepping stone to gov., i. [180].
Lincoln, Abraham, first meeting with Seward, ii. [143];
defeated for nomination for Vice-President, [229];
lectures in New York City, [262-4];
Greeley on, [263-4];
defeats Crittenden compromise, [344];
Greeley's relations with, [402-3].
Orders relief of Fort Sumter, iii. [1];
call for troops, [3];
reply to Greeley, [35];
letter to Seymour, [63];
to Erastus Corning on Vallandigham, [65-6];
letter to Seymour about draft, [71];
letter to Rep. state con., 1863, [77-8];
its influence, [79-80];
relations with Seward, [84];
with Weed, [85-7];
veiled opposition to, [87];
effort to postpone Rep. nat. con., 1864, [88-9];
Radicals resent his relations with Weed and Seward, [89];
renominated for President, [94];
did he suggest Johnson for Vice-President, [95];
ignores Weed's wishes, [97];
message, Dec. 1863, [98];
plan for restoration of Southern states, [98];
longs for peace, [102];
authority to Greeley, [102];
sends Hay to Niagara Falls, [103];
insists on abolition of slavery, [103];
unpopularity of, [103];
movement to substitute another candidate, [103-4] and note;
Weed and Raymond hopeless of his election, [104-5];
his iron nerve, [105];
interest in N.Y. election, [125];
elected, [125];
assassination, [127].
Lindenwald, Van Buren's home, ii. [45-6].
Litchfield, Elisha, speaker of Assembly, ii. [59];
career and character of, [59].
Littlejohn, DeWitt C., speaker of Assembly, ii. [207];
declares for Seward, [207];
opposes Greeley for U.S. senate, [364].
Livingston, Brockholst, brother-in-law of Jay, i. [6], [79];
on U.S. Supreme Court, [6];
hostility to Jay, [79];
cousin of Chancellor, [116];
appointed to state Supreme Court, [116].
Livingston, Charles L., speaker of Assembly, ii. [1].
Livingston, Edward, resents Alien-Sedition laws, i. [84];
advised to give up Jefferson for Burr, [103];
Burr thought him friendly, [103];
practises deception, [103];
U.S. atty., [104], [121];
defaulter, [104];
mayor of New York, [116];
goes to New Orleans to reside, [150];
sec. of state, ii. [1].
Livingston, Edward P., nominated for lt.-gov., 1830, i. [376];
unpopular manners, [376];
elected, [377];
defeated for renomination for lt.-gov., 1832, [395].
Livingston, Gilbert, supports Clinton for gov., 1789, i. [43];
his eloquence, [43].
Livingston, Maturin, son-in-law of Morgan Lewis, i. [147];
appointed to office, [147];
character of, [147-8];
removed from office, [151];
restored, [154];
defeated for Supreme Court, [156];
removed from office, [165].
Livingston, Peter R., hostility to DeWitt Clinton, i. [251];
makes war on, [255];
career and gifts of, [402];
joins Whig party, 1834, [402];
ch'm. of its first con., [402].
Livingston, Philip, in first constitutional con., i. [5].
Livingston, Robert R., member first constitutional con., i. [5];
appointed chancellor, [16];
member of Poughkeepsie con., [33];
in campaign, 1789, [42];
hostile to Hamilton, [47];
strengthens Clinton, [47];
left out in division of offices, [48];
ceased to be a Federalist, [48];
defeats Schuyler for U.S. senate, [49];
opposes Jay, 1792, [55];
steam navigation, [75-7];
associated with Fulton, [77];
nominated for gov., [78];
hostility to Jay, [79];
appearance and character of, [79];
desires to be President, [80];
mistakes signs of times, [81];
defeated, [82];
reasons for it, [83];
his disposition, [83];
minister to France, [115];
assailed by Van Ness, [125];
without ambition for further political honours, [150].
Lockwood, Daniel N., at Dem. state con., 1882, iii. [490];
forceful presentation of Cleveland's name for gov., [490].
Locofocos, origin of title, ii. [16];
applied to Dem. party, [16].
Loomis, Arphaxed, in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [109];
character and gifts of, [110];
resents war methods, 1861, iii. [18], [19].
Lord, Jarvis B., nominated for canal com., 1861, iii. [21], note;
defeated, [29];
renominated, 1864, [120];
defeated, [125];
opposes Tilden for gov., 1874, [312];
exults over downfall of Tilden régime, [383].
Lott, John A., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii. [226];
elected, [227].
Lowell, James Russell, declares people long for peace, 1864, iii. [101].
Ludlow, William B., opposes Union state con., 1861, iii. [15].
Ludlow, William H., chairman of Softs' con., 1854, ii. [197];
defeated, [203].
Lundy, Benjamin, original abolitionist, ii. [5];
career of, [5-7].
McCarthy, Dennis, presents Washburne's name for Vice-President, 1880, iii. [444];
moves Arthur's nomination, [445];
on Robertson's appointment, [469].
McClellan, George B., succeeds Scott, 1861, iii. [31].
McComb, Alexander, charged with corrupt conduct, i. [54];
friend of George Clinton, [54].
McDougal, Alexander, in first constitutional con., i. [5].
McGuire, Jeremiah, named as del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., iii. [452];
delegation rejected, [458].
McIntosh, James, nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. [384];
defeated, [387].
McIntyre, Archibald, becomes comp., i. [151];
controversy with Tompkins, [276];
removal of, [287-9];
elected state senator, [289];