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

by De Alva Stanwood Alexander

agent for state lotteries, [289].
McKean, James B., congressman, ii. [338];
disapproves Weed's compromise, [338].
Del. to People's Union con., 1861, iii. [22];
colonel 67th N.Y. regiment, [22];
nominated for sec. of state, 1867, [174];
defeated, [188].
McKelway, St. Clair, brilliant editor of Albany Argus, iii. [419];
influence of, [419];
returns to Brooklyn Eagle, [419], note.
McKenzie, William L., connected with Canadian rebellion, ii. [23-4].
McKnown, James, recorder at Albany, i. [347];
forced upon Regency, [347];
aids Van Buren's conciliatory policy, [347].
McLaughlin, Hugh, leader of Kings County Democracy, iii. [421];
favours Robinson for gov., 1879, [421].
McNeil, David B., nominated for prison insp., 1864, iii. [120];
defeated, [125];
renominated, [207];
elected, [215];
renominated, [273];
defeated, [275].
McNutt, Andrew J., nominated for prison insp., 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135].
Mackin, James, nominated for state treas., 1877, iii. [384];
elected, [387];
renominated, 1879, [424];
defeated, [427].
Madison, James, renominated for president, i. [197], [201];
character of, [199], [200];
offers Tompkins place of sec. of state, [237];
dislike of Armstrong, [238];
dislike of Monroe, [239].
Magone, Daniel, member of Tilden's canal commission, 1875, iii. [323].
Maine Liquor law, introduced by Clark, ii. [199];
vetoed by Seymour, [199].
Manhattan Bank, clever trick of Burr to charter, i. [187].
Manning, Daniel B., early career, iii. [419];
genius for political leadership, [419];
successor of Richmond, [419];
controls Robinson's candidacy, 1879, [420];
his rare tactics, [421];
ticket defeated by Kelly's bolt, [427];
controls Dem. state con., 1880, [449];
iron-clad unit rule, [450];
endorses Tilden for President, [450];
action at Dem. nat. con., 1880, [454-6];
an indefinite letter, [454];
a definite telegram, [456];
delegation's loss of prestige, [456];
controls Dem. state con., 1881, [484];
great victory, 1882, [498].
Marble, Manton, writes Dem. platform, 1876, iii. [344];
cipher dispatches, 1876, [350];
a leading Dem. editor, [420].
Marey, William L., favours King's re-election to U.S. senate, i. [269];
adjutant-general, [289];
career, character, and appearance of, [289-94];
capture of St. Regis, [293];
original member of Albany Regency, [293-4];
death of, [294];
highest mountain in state named for, [294], note;
becomes comp., 1823, [321];
appointed to Supreme Court, [360];
investigates death of Morgan, [360];
in U.S. senate, [385];
record as comp. and judge, [386];
failure as senator, [386-8];
to victors belong the spoils, [389];
injures Van Buren, [389], note;
nominated for gov., 1832, [394];
"the Marcy patch," [395];
elected, [396];
"Marcy's mortgage," [400];
renominated for gov., 1834, [403];
hot campaign, [403-4];
elected, [404].
Member of a powerful group, ii. [1];
writes for Argus, [2];
attitude toward slavery, [10];
renominated, 1836, [11];
elected, [14];
signs bank charters, [16];
renominated for gov., 1838, [22];
review of his administration, [23-5];
defeated, [28];
appointed to Mexican Claims Commission, [30];
canal policy, [49];
sec. of war, [94];
a Hunker, [127];
becomes a Barnburner, [169];
candidate for President, 1852, [169-72];
Seymour favours, [169-72];
sec. of state, [181-2].
Martindale, John H., record as a soldier, iii. [130];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1865, [130];
elected, [135].
Martling Men, forerunners of Tammany Hall, i. [132], [170];
charge Clinton with duplicity, [352].
Mason, Charles, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188];
renominated, 1869, [226];
defeated, [227].
Matthews, James N., Buffalo Express, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Matthews, Stanley, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii. [283];
opposes Greeley's nomination, [283].
Maxwell, Hugh, collector port of New York City, ii. [153];
opposes Seward's endorsement, [153-4].
Maxwell, Robert A., nominated for state treas., 1881, iii. [484];
elected, [486].
May, Samuel J., rescues a fugitive slave, ii. [165].
Mead, Sidney, nominated for canal com., 1873, iii. [308];
defeated, [309].
Mears, John W., nominated for gov., 1879, iii. [412];
defeated, [427].
Meigs, Henry, member of Congress, i. [285];
correspondence with Van Buren, [285].
Mellspaugh, George W., nominated for prison insp., 1873, iii. [309];
defeated, [309].
Merritt, Edwin A., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296];
on com. to confer with Dems., [296];
nominated for state treas., 1875, [325];
defeated, [331];
nominated for surveyor of port of New York, 1877, [399];
confirmation defeated, [404-5];
appointed collector of customs, 1878, [406];
career and character, [406];
able administrator, [406];
confirmed, [409];
nominated for con.-gen. to London, 1881, [469];
confirmed, [477].
Miller, Elijah, father-in-law of Seward, i. [318];
early friend of Weed, [318].
Miller, Jedediah, opposes Tompkins' accounts, i. [276].
Miller, Theodore, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874, iii. [314];
elected, [319].
Miller, Warner, early career, iii. [467];
character and ability, [467];
aids election of Platt to U.S. senate, 1881, [468];
nominated for U.S. senator, [480];
elected, [481];
ch'm. state Rep. con., 1881, [485].
Minthorne, Mangle, daughter married Tompkins, i. [161];
leader of Martling Men, [161];
bitter opponent of Clinton, [161], [181].
Missouri Compromise of 1820, i. [272], ii. [190];
repeal of, ii. [190-5];
Seward on, [191];
excitement over, [192-5];
opposition to, [193-5];
John Van Buren on, [195];
Marcy on, [195].
Mitchell, Samuel Latham, character of, i. [74];
friend of Priestly, [74];
attainments of, [75];
member of Assembly, [75];
steam navigation, [75];
associated with R.R. Livingston, [77];
friend of DeWitt Clinton, [108];
in U.S. senate, [170].
Mohawk River, early schemes for its navigation, i. [242].
Mohawk River Valley, attracts New Englanders, i. [81].
Monroe, James, disliked by Madison, i. [239];
helped by Van Buren, [240].
Mooers, Benjamin, deserts DeWitt Clinton, i. [279].
Moore, Sir Henry, projects canal around Little Falls, i. [242].
"Morey letter," in campaign, 1880, iii. [462];
Garfield brands it a forgery, [462];
fictitious character made clear, [462];
used by Dems. with great force, [462].
Morgan, Christopher, sec. of state, ii. [127].
Morgan, Edwin D., at birth of Rep. party, ii. [213];
nominated for gov., 1858, [248];
character and career of, [248];
elected, [255];
at Chicago con., 1860, [283];
renominated for gov., 1860, [328];
elected, [333];
conservative appeal to Legislature, [348].
Forwards troops promptly, 1861, iii. [7];
acts as agent of President, [7];
thinks Wadsworth available for gov., 1862, [42];
declines renomination, 1862, [44];
creditable record, [44];
elected to U.S. senate, 1863, [54];
taste for political life, [54];
criticised, [55];
at Rep. state con., 1863, [74];
bitter feeling against, [74];
urges Lincoln's renomination, [87];
supports Johnson, [142];
votes to override veto, [142];
seeks re-election to U.S. senate, 1869, [219];
weakened by association with Johnson, [219];
supported by Conkling's followers, [220];
defeated by Fenton, [222];
at Rep. nat. con., 1876, [333];
nominated for gov., 1876, [338];
defeated, [350];
declines secretaryship of treasury, 1881, [486].
Morgan, William, career of, i. [359];
disclosure of Free Masonry, [359];
abduction of, [359];
left at Fort Niagara, [359];
drowned in Lake Ontario, [360];
excitement over crime, [359-60];
investigation of, [360];
punishment of conspirators, [360];
see [Anti-Masons].
Morris, Gouverneur, elected to U.S. senate, i. [71];
family of, [71-2];
association with Hamilton and Jay, [73];
conservatism of, [74];
life in Paris, [74], note;
opposes Burr, [100];
supports DeWitt Clinton for President, [202-6];
favours disunion, [228];
predicts construction of Erie canal, [241];
canal commissioner, [243].
Morris, Lewis, member first constitutional con., i. [5];
served in Continental Congress, [72];
family of, [71-4].
Morris, Richard, in first constitutional con., i. [5];
nomination as gov. desired, [39];
character of, [40];
on Hamilton's speech at Poughkeepsie, [40];
treatment of Gouverneur, his half brother, [72].
Morris, Robert, member of Poughkeepsie con., i. [33].
Morris, Staats Long, served in Parliament, i. [73];
family of, [71-4].
Morrissey, John, opposes Dix for gov., 1866, iii. [158];
breaks with Kelly, 1875, [325];
faction known as "Swallow-tails," [325];
delegation rejected by Dem. state con., [325];
organises Irving Hall, 1875, [331];
runs for state senator, [331];
endorsed by Reps., [331];
elected, [331];
reunites with Kelly, 1876, [346];
opposes Kelly, 1877, [382-3];
runs for state senator against Schell, 1877, [386];
fierce fight, [386];
great victory, [388];
death, [388].
Morton, Levi P., defeated for Congress, 1876, iii. [350];
elected, 1878, [397];
declines to become a candidate for Vice-President, 1880, [444];
acts upon Conkling's advice, [444];
choice of Conkling for U.S. senator, 1881, [465];
suggested for sec. of treas. and navy, [468];
declines secretaryship of navy, 1881, [469];
becomes ambassador to France, 1881, [469].
Morton, Oliver P., speaks in New York, iii. [282];
prophecy as to Lib. Rep. nat. con., [282].
Mosely, Daniel, appointed to Supreme Court, i. [366].
Mozart Hall, organisation of, 1858, iii. [30];
represents Fernando Wood, [30];
nominates Wood for mayor, [30];
defeated, [29];
after 1866 failed to present a ticket, [268], note.
Mulligan, John W., appointed surrogate of New York, i. [179].
Murphy, Henry C., character of, iii. [156];
aspirant for gov., 1866, [156];
active in campaign, 1867, [186];
at Dem. nat. con., 1868, [197];
heads com. on res., [197];
career of, [197];
aspirant for gov., 1868, [205].
Murphy, Thomas, charges Fenton with graft, 1869, iii. [221];
appointed collector of New York, 1870, [233];
bitter criticism of, [233];
by whom recommended, [233];
Conkling secures his confirmation, [235];
contest with Fenton, [234-5];
changes made in custom-house, [251], note;
efforts to crush Fenton machine, [250-63];
severely criticised, [279];
supports Crowley for U.S. senate, 1881, [465].
Myers, Charles G., presents Dix's name for gov., 1862, iii. [44].
Nast, Thomas, cartoons Tweed ring, iii. [245];
rejects enormous bribe, [245];
startling cartoon, [274];
Tweed proposes to stop the paper, [274].
National Advocate, edited by Noah, i. [262];
opposition to Erie canal, [262];
silenced, [262].
National Greenback Labor Reform party, iii. [389];
hist. of its organisation, [389];
con. Syracuse, 1878, [389];
its principles, [389];
represents large vote, [397];
its influence on Dem. party, [397];
holds state con., 1879, [412].
National Republicans, followers of Adams, 1828, i. [361];
adopt ticket of Anti-Masons, 1832, [393];
reason for defeat, [396];
party, 1834, becomes Whig, [399].
National Union state convention, 1866, iii. [154];
substitute for Dem. state con., [154];
attended by Reps. and Dems., [155];
Dix defeated by Hoffman for gov., 1866, [159];
platform for home rule, [160].
Native American party, organised, 1844, ii. [82];
opposed foreigners voting or holding office, [82];
confined to New York City, [82];
elected a mayor, 1844, [82];
in constitutional con., 1846, [97-100];
revived, 1854, as Know-Nothings, [201];
secret methods of, [201];
Seward opposed to, [201-2];
unknown strength of, [202-3];
Silver-Grays partial to, [202];
nominations, 1854, [202];
defeated, [204];
its con., 1855, [214];
elected its ticket, [216];
defeated, 1858, [255];
endorse Reps. and Dems., 1859, [258-9];
Wilson on, [259].
Negro suffrage, i. [299-300].
Left it to Southern state, iii. [128];
Greeley advocates it, [128];
Weed and Raymond oppose it, [130];
Rep. state con., 1865, dodges it, [133];
not squarely met, 1866, [153];
aids to defeat Rep. party, 1867, [185-7];
defeats Constitution of 1867, [227].
Nelson, Absolom, nominated for canal com., 1870, iii. [238];
defeated, [244].
Nelson, Homer A., nominated for sec. of state, 1869, iii. [226];
elected, [227];
aspires to be gov., 1872, [297];
again an aspirant for gov., 1882, [488].
Nelson, Samuel, member of constitutional con., 1821, i. [298];
career of, [298];
investigates death of Morgan, [360];
made justice of U.S. Supreme Court, ii. [97], [103];
in constitutional con., 1846, [103].
Nepotism, practised by DeWitt Clinton, i. [117], [347];
Gov. Lewis, [147];
Gov. Yates, [321];
Gov. Bouck, ii. [57].
Gov. Seymour, iii. [80];
Gov. Dix, [316].
Newspapers, leading Rep. journals in state, iii. [413-4];
leading Dem. journals in state, [420].
New York City merchants, their losses, 1861, iii. [31].
New York City, work of radicals in, i. [1];
census of, 1820, [295].
New York, Colony of, tainted with Toryism, i. [23].
New York draft-riot, 1863, iii. [68], [69].
New York Evening Post, established by Hamilton and Jay, i. [117];
edited by William Coleman, [117].
New York Legislature, gerrymander of, iii. [397-8].
New York troops, promptly forwarded after Lincoln's call, 1861, iii. [7];
engaged at battle of Bull Run, [12], note.
Nicholas, John, member of Council of Appointment, 1807, i. [156].
Nichols, Asher P., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii. [231];
elected, [244];
renominated, 1871, [273];
defeated, [275];
renominated, [308];
defeated, [309].
Noah, Mordecai Manesseh, editor National Advocate, i. [262];
character and career of, [262], [351];
opposed to Erie canal, [262];
opposition silenced by Van Buren, [262];
supports Clinton for gov., 1826, [351].
North, S. Newton Dexter, Albany Express, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].

North, William, elected to U.S. senate, i. [70];
service and character of, [71];
on staff of Baron Steuben, [71] and note;
speaker of Assembly, [171].
Nott, Eliphalet, President Union College, ii. [34].
Noyes, William Curtis, at peace congress, ii. [350].
Presents letter from Morgan, 1862, iii. [44];
would welcome Lincoln's withdrawal, 1864, [104].
O'Conor, Charles, in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [104];
opposes negro suffrage, [107];
on elective judiciary, [109];
opposed constitution of 1846, [112];
conservatism of, [112];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1848, [134];
career of, [134-5];
in campaign, 1852, [178];
declines to support the Softs, [186].
Sympathy with the South, iii. [4];
supports' Tilden's attack upon the Tweed ring, [268];
letter to Dem. state con., 1871, [272];
credits Tilden with impeachment of Tweed judges, [293].
O'Rourke, Matthew J., aids in exposure of Tweed ring, iii. [246];
estimated aggregate of sum stolen, [248-9].
Oakley, Thomas J., surrogate of Dutchess County, i. [171];
removed, [179];
friend of Clinton, [254];
displaces Van Buren as atty.-gen., [273];
opposes Tompkins' accounts, [276];
removed as atty.-gen., [287].
Oaksmith, Appleton, del. to seceding states, ii. [351-2].
Office-seekers, number and persistence of, ii. [388-9].
Ogden, Darius A., nominated for canal com., 1876, iii. [347];
elected, [351].
"Ohio Idea," The, iii. [179-181].
Olcott, Frederick P., nominated for state comp., 1877, iii. [384];
elected, [387];
renominated, 1879, [424];
defeated, [427].
Olcott, Thomas W., financier of Albany Regency, ii. [20];
refuses nomination for state comp., 1863, iii. [74].
Opdyke, George, acts as agent of U.S. Government, 1861, iii. [7];
elected mayor of N.Y., 1861, [29];
career and character, [30];
at Rep. state con., 1863, [74];
loses place on state com., [74];
favours new candidate in place of Lincoln, [104], and note.
Orr, Alexander E., member of Tilden's canal commission, 1875, iii. [323].
Ostrander, Catherine, wife of Weed, i. [318];
true love match, [319];
waited for him three years, [319].
Ottendorfer, Oswald, editor N.Y. Staats-zeitung, iii. [268];
efforts at reform, [268];
at Dem. state con., 1871, [272];
influence, [272].
Palmer, Abiah W., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii. [238];
defeated, [244].
Parker, Amasa J., nominated for gov., 1856, ii. [232-3];
career and ability of, [233-4];
defeated, [241];
nominated for gov., 1858, [249];
defeated, [255];
at Dem. state peace con., [354];
president of, [354].
President of Dem. state con., 1863, iii. [79];
aspirant for gov., 1864, [118];
presented for gov., 1874, [313];
president of Kelly's state con., 1880, [451];
named as del.-at-large to Nat. con., [452];
delegation refused admission, [457];
part in spectacular reconciliation, [458].
Parkhurst, John, nominated for prison insp., 1870, iii. [238];
defeated, [244].
Parmenter, Roswell A., nominated for atty.-gen., 1881, iii. [484];
defeated, [486].
Parrish, Daniel, state senator, i. [178].
Patrick, J.N.H., dispatches to Pelton from Oregon, 1876, iii. [351].
Patrick, Marsena R., nominated for state treas., 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135].
Patterson, George W., to Weed about Fillmore, ii. [79];
in constitutional con., 1846, [103];
on elective judiciary, [109];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1848, [140];
character of, [140];
defeated for state comp., [165];
Greeley on, [165-6];
ambitious to be gov., 1852, [173].
Payn, Louis P., renominated for U.S. marshal, 1881, iii. [469];
nomination withdrawn, [475];
warns Conkling and Platt of defeat, [481];
chided by Sharpe, [481];
prophecy fulfilled, [481], note.
Peace congress, 1861, ii. [350];
suggested by Virginia, [350];
adopted by Legislature of New York, [350];
dels. to, [350];
convened at Washington, [358];
its work and results, [358-60].
Peaceable secession, Greeley advocates, ii. [335-6];
also Abolitionists, [336];
preferable to civil war, [347], [355].
Peck, Jedediah, opposed Alien-Sedition laws, i. [89];
arrested, [89];
creates great excitement, [89].
Peckham, Rufus H., a supporter of Tilden, iii. [422];
cool and determined, [422];
in Dem. state con., 1879, [422];
at Dem. nat. con., 1880, [457].
Peckham, Rufus W., opposes repeal of Missouri Compromise, ii. [195].
Pelton, William T., nephew of Tilden, iii. [350];
lived in Tilden's house, [350];
cipher dispatches, [350-1].
People's party, supports Adams, 1824, i. [324];
stood for popular election of Presidential electors, [324];
resented defeat of the measure, [326];
Tallmadge and Wheaton lead it, [324];
secedes from Utica con., [331-2];
supports Clinton, 1826, [350];
joins Nat. Rep. party, 1828, [361].
People's Union convention, 1861, iii. [21], [22].
Perkins, Edward O., nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135].
Perrin, Edward O., nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1868, iii. [207];
elected, [215].
Perry, Oliver H., victory on Lake Erie, i. [225].
Phelps, Oliver, nominated for lt.-gov. with Burr, 1804, i. [131];
character of, [138].
Philadelphia Union convention, 1866, iii. [144];
Dix the ch'm., [144];
Richmond and Weed managers, [144];
Raymond heads resolution committee, [144];
picturesque features, [144].
Phillips, Wendell, opposition to arbitrary arrests, 1862, iii. [19], note.
Pierce, Franklin, nominated for President, 1852, ii. [169-72];
elected, [179];
humiliated Dix, [182], note;
appoints Marcy sec. of state, [182].
Pierrepont, Edwards, life and character of, iii. [155];
favoured Dix for gov., 1866, [155];
sudden change to Hoffman, [159];
Weed's surprise, [159].
Pitcher, Nathaniel, elected lt.-gov., i. [352];
career of, [366];
character of, [366];
acting gov., [366];
appointments of, [366];
defeated for renomination by Van Buren, [366];
ceases to act with Jackson party, [367].
Pitt, William, compared with Hamilton, i. [3].
Platt, Jonas, defeated for Supreme Court, i. [156];
character of, [156], [173-4];
nominated for gov., [173];
assails embargo, [174];
betrayed by prejudices, [176];
defeated for gov., [179];
supports Clinton for mayor, [213];
and for gov., 1817, [248];
retires from Supreme Court, [323];
later career and death of, [323].
Platt, Moss K., nominated for prison insp., 1873, iii. [308];
endorsed by Liberals, [309];
elected, [309].
Platt, Thomas C., early career, iii. [363];
character and ability, [364];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1877, [364];
candidate for U.S. senate, 1881, [465];
Stalwart leaders divide, [465];
supported by Cornell, [465];
opposed by Arthur, Sharpe, Murphy, and Smyth, [465];
promise made to Half-breeds, [468];
with their aid nominated in caucus, [468];
elected, [468];
Robertson's appointment, Mar. 23, [469];
failure of his efforts to have it withdrawn, [475];
tenders resignation, May 16, [476];
reasons for it, [477-8];
seeks re-election at Albany, [478];
Rep. caucus refused, [479];
first ballot gives highest vote, [479];
withdraws as a candidate, July 1, [480];
successor elected, July 16, [481].
Platt, Zephaniah, father of Jonas Platt, i. [156];
character and career of, [156];
founded Plattsburgh, [156];
served in Legislature and in Congress, [156].
Plumb, Joseph, nominated for lt.-gov. by Abolitionists, 1850, ii. [156].
Political campaigns, begin 1789, i. [44];
abusive, 1792, [52];
young men in, [56] and note;
modern methods introduced, [90].
Pomeroy, Theodore M., at Rep. nat. con., 1876, iii. [334];
aspires to be gov., 1879, [414];
career and character of, [414] and note.
Porter, John K., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [104];
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. [130];
elected, [135].
Porter, Peter B., supports Burr, 1804, i. [138];
removed as county clerk, [147];
character and career of, [148];
member of Congress, [148];
secretary of war, [148];
appointed sec. of state, [233];
canal com., [213];
opposed Clinton for gov., 1817, [249];
brilliant war record, [249];
eloquence of, [250];
nominated for gov. by Tam., [251];
defeated, [252];
aspirant for gov., 1822, [318];
supports Clay, 1824, [324];
nominated for Assembly, 1827, [358].
Porter, Peter A., declines nomination for sec. of state, 1863, iii. [75];
prefers military to civil office, [75].
Post, Henry, confidential correspondent of DeWitt Clinton, i. [243].
Potter, Clarkson N., aspires to be gov., 1876, iii. [345];
president of Dem. state con., 1777, [384];
failure of fraud investigation, [395] and note;
nominated for lt.-gov., 1879, [424];
defeated, [427];
candidate for U.S. senate, 1881, [482];
defeated, [482].
Poughkeepsie convention, ratifies Federal Constitution, i. [33];
number of dels., [33];
champions of Constitution, [33];
opponents of, [33];
date of ratification, [35];
vote on, [36].
Powell, Archibald C., nominated for state eng., 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188].
Pratt, Daniel, nominated for atty.-gen., 1873, iii. [308];
elected, [309].
Prince, L. Bradford, nominated for naval officer, 1877, iii. [399];
not confirmed, [405].
Privateers in war of 1812, Samuel Young's description of, i. [266].
Prohibition, issue, 1854, ii. [203];
law passed, [210];
declared unconstitutional, [210].
Prohibition party organised, 1874, iii. [316];
nominated Clark for gov., 1874, [316];
total vote, [319];
state con., 1875, [326];
state con., 1876, [346];
state con., 1877, [384];
state con., 1878, [392];
state con., 1879, [412];
principles of, [412].
Pruyn, Robert H., aspirant for gov., 1866, iii. [156];
services of, [156];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1866, [159];
defeated, [165].
Pulitzer, Joseph, N.Y. World, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Purcell, William, supporter of Tam., iii. [383];
editor Rochester Union Advertiser, [420];
a leading journalist, [420];
nominated for sec. of state, 1881, [484];
defeated, [486].
Purdy, Ebenezer, state senator, i. [149];
charged with bribery, [149], [190];
character of, [190];
resigns to escape expulsion, [191].
Putnam, James O., a Silver-Gray, ii. [156];
eloquence of, [156];
votes for Babcock for U.S. senator, 1855, [207];
favours union of American and Rep. parties, [249];
elector-at-large, [328];
Americans follow him into Rep. party, [332].
"Quids," nickname for Gov. Lewis' followers, 1806, i. [152].
Radcliff, Jacob, appointed on Supreme Court, i. [68];
life of, [69];
character and appearance of, [69];
becomes mayor of New York City, [172];
removed, [179].
Radical and Conservative Democrats, difference in canal policy, ii. [53].
Radicals, faction of Dem. party, ii. [52], [126];
opposed state debt to construct canal, [52], [126];
leaders of, [53], [126];
called Barnburners after supporting the Wilmot Proviso, [126];
see[ Barnburners].
Raines, Thomas, nominated for state treas., 1871, iii. [264];
elected, [275];
joins Lib. Rep. party, [307];
dropped by Reps., [307];
renominated by Dems., 1873, [308];
elected, [309].
Randall, Henry S., biographer of Jefferson, ii. [324];
Barnburner, [324];
ch'm. of Hards' state con., 1860, [324].
Randolph, John, teller when J.Q. Adams was elected President, i. [343].
Rapallo, Charles J., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1880, iii. [460];
defeated, [463].
Raymond, Henry Jarvis, in Assembly, ii. [159];
speaker, [159];
career and gifts of, [159-61];
editor of N.Y. Courier, [160];
established N.Y. Times, [160];
quarrels with Webb, [161];
supports Fish for U.S. senate, [162];
ambition to be gov., 1852, [173];
at Anti-Nebraska con., [194];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1854, [199];
deep offence to Greeley, [199-200];
elected, [204];
at birth of Rep. party, [213];
active, 1856, [240];
favours Douglas for U.S. senator, [247];
at Chicago con., [283];
calls Greeley a disappointed office-seeker, [306-7];
Greeley's letter to Seward, 1854, [307];
endorses Weed's compromise, [337].
Elected to Assembly, iii. [29];
upholds Lincoln's policy, [42];
favours Dix, 1862, [42];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1862, [44];
replies to Seymour, [44];
candidate for U.S. senate, 1863, [55];
del.-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864, [92];
reports the platform, [93];
supports Johnson for Vice-President, [94];
zenith of his influence, [95];
why he supported Johnson, [95];
did Lincoln whisper to him, [96];
writes Lincoln of hopeless situation, [105-6];
elected to Congress, 1864, [126];
great victory, [126];
supports President Johnson, [132];
enters Congress, [137];
prestige of, [138];
his maiden speech, [138];
defeated, [141];
sustains veto, [142];
his fickleness, [142];
satirised by Stevens, [142], note;
hesitates to attend Philadelphia con., 1866, [143];
Seward urges him on, [143];
extreme views, [145];
removed from Rep. Nat. Ex. Com., [145];
Congress added no fame, [145];
mental weariness, [146];
refuses to support Hoffman for gov., [161];
returns to Rep. party, [161];
supports Fenton with loyalty, [161];
declines to run for Congress, [161];
sincerity of, [161];
brilliant life cut short, [175].
Redfield, Herman J., kept out of office, i. [348].
Ch'm. Dem. state con., 1861, ii. [17];
his views on the war, [18];
prophecy of, [18].
Reed, Thomas B., Conkling's attack on Curtis found in scrap-book, iii. [374], note;
listed among masterpieces of sarcasm and invective, [374].
Reeves, Henry A., Greenport Republican Watchman, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Reid, Whitelaw, N.Y. Tribune, iii. [414];
leading Rep. editor, [414];
telegram about Robertson's appointment, [472-3].
Renwick, James, characteristics of Tompkins, i. [215].
Republican national conventions,
Baltimore, 1864, iii. [93];
Chicago, 1868, [192];
Philadelphia, 1872, [291-2];
Cincinnati, 1876, [333-5];
Chicago, 1880, [438-46].
Republican party, Anti-Nebraska con., ii. [194];
Greeley favoured its organisation, 1854, [200];
Weed and Seward opposed, [200];
Greeley named it, [211];
Executive Committee appointed, 1854, [211];
formal organisation, 1855, [211-4];
its platform, [213];
Seward's speech for, [217-8];
Silver-Grays defeat it, [219];

Weed and Seward criticised, [219-20];
carried state for Fremont and King, [241-2];
elect gov., 1858, [255];
made up of young men, [328-9];
elect Lincoln and Morgan, [333];
desired peace, [360].
Republican State Committee, proposes a Union state con., 1861, iii. [15].
Republican state conventions, 1861, Syracuse, iii. [21];
1862, Syracuse, [44];
1863, Syracuse, [73];
1864, Syracuse, [90], [115];
1865, Syracuse, [129];
1866, Syracuse, [150];
1867, Syracuse, [172];
1868, Syracuse, [193];
1869, Syracuse, [225];
1870, Saratoga, [235];
1871, Syracuse, [257];
1872, Utica, [292];
1873, Utica, [307];
1874, Utica, [315];
1875, Saratoga, [324];
1876, Saratoga, [336-9];
1877, Rochester, [362-77];
1878, Saratoga, [301];
1879, Saratoga, [412-8];
1880, Utica, [429-34];
1881, Saratoga, [485];
1882, Saratoga, [492].
Reynolds, Marcus T., wit of, ii. [390].
Rhodes, William C., nominated for prison director, 1861, iii. [21], note.
Richmond, Dean, original Barnburner, ii. [131];
leadership at Charleston con., 1860, [270-9];
character and career of, [271-2];
believed to be for Seymour, [276], [298], note, [299];
sustains two-thirds rule, [277];
defeats Douglas' nomination under rule, [277-8];
sustains admission of contestants, [300];
Dickinson's attack on, [302-3];
intentions of, [303];
calls Dem. state peace con., [354].
Opposes a Union state con., 1861, iii. [15];
reasons therefor, [16];
appeal to Seymour, [38], [39];
draft circular, [82];
del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, [101];
opposes Seymour for President, [107];
supports McClellan, [107];
supports Johnson, and manages Saratoga and Philadelphia conventions, 1866, [144];
favours Dix for gov., 1866, [155];
sudden death, [158];
first unofficial man in America, [159];
dies in home of Tilden, [265], note.
Richmond Enquirer, resents unanimity of the North, 1861, iii. [9], [10].
Richmond Examiner, resents Unionism in New York, 1861, iii. [9], [10].
Richmond, Henry A., son of Dean, iii. [39], note;
succeeds father on state committee, [265], note.
Richmond, Van Rensselaer, nominated for state eng., 1869, iii. [226];
elected, [227],
renominated, 1871, [273];
defeated, [275].
Riker, Richard, dist.-atty., i. [117];
assailed by Van Ness, [124];
acts as second for DeWitt Clinton, [127];
Clinton fails to support him for Supreme Court, [218];
affection for Clinton turned into hate, [218];
Clinton removed him as recorder, [273].
Roberts, Ellis H., character and services of, iii. [169];
aids Conkling's election to U.S. senate, 1867, [170];
defeats Conkling's candidate for state senate, 1877, [388] and note.
Roberts, Marshall O., attends Saratoga con., 1866, iii. [144];
aspires to be gov., 1870, [237];
Fenton's candidate, [237];
approves books of Tweed's comp., [245];
secedes from Rep. state con., 1871, [264];
meets with a separate body, [264];
among supporters of Greeley, 1872, [283].
Robertson, William H., early career, iii. [293];
character and ability, [293];
aspires to be gov., 1872, [293];
opposition, [293];
defeated by Dix, [293];
beginning of dislike of Conkling, [294];
declines nomination for state comp., 1874, [325];
votes for Blaine at Rep. nat. con., 1876, [335];
aspirant for gov., 1876, [337];
suggested for gov., 1879, [414];
decides to vote for Blaine, 1880, [436];
his letter, [437];
other Half-breeds follow, [437];
votes for Blaine at Rep. nat. con., 1880, [441];
nominated for collector of customs, Mar. 23, 1881, [469];
a surprise, [469];
reports and theories, [469-70];
a Blaine triumph, [470-1];
endorsed by Legislature, [472];
efforts at compromise, [472];
confirmed, [476].
Robinson, John C., nominated for state eng., 1869, iii. [226];
withdraws from ticket, [226];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1872, iii. [296];
elected, [302];
renominated, 1874, [315];
defeated, [319];
name presented for gov., 1882, [492].
Robinson, Lucius, candidate for state comp., 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29];
valuable services, [74];
renominated, 1863, [74];
elected, [83];
signs call for Cleveland con., 1864, [90];
resents infringement of rights of individuals and states, [90];
letter to Cleveland con., [92];
declares Administration guilty of mistakes, [92];
suggests nomination of Grant, [93];
prefers a candidate other than Lincoln, [104] and note;
Dems. renominate him for state comp., 1865, [129];
a political somersault, [129];
kind words by Reps., [129];
a faithful official, [129];
defeated, [135];
aspires to be gov., 1872, [297];
nominated for state comp., 1874, [326];
elected, [331];
nominated for gov., 1876, [340];
elected, [350];
character of administration, [379];
leadership at Dem. state con., 1877, [379];
Kelly opposes old ticket, [382];
relies upon Hill's ruling, [382];
Tilden régime routed, [383];
denounces Rep. gerrymander, [397-8];
removes Kelly's henchman, [418];
accepted as declaration of war, [418];
Kelly's charges, [420];
renominated for gov., [424];
Kelly bolts, [424];
defeated, [427].
Rochester, William B., character and career of, i. [350];
nominated for gov., 1826, [350];
proved strong candidate, [351];
defeated, [352];
believed Van Buren's support insincere, [352];
proposed for U.S. senator, [352];
lost at sea, [352], note.
Rogers, Sherman S., nominated for lt.-gov., 1876, iii. [338-39];
defeated, [350];
candidate for U.S. senate, 1881, [467].
Roosevelt, Theodore, nominated for collector of customs, 1878, iii. [399];
not confirmed, [405];
died, 1879, [406].
Root, Erastus, gifts and character of, i. [85];
career of, [86];
friend of Burr, [86];
opposes Alien-Sedition laws, [86];
strikes at nullification, [87];
his opinion of Burr and Hamilton, [91];
supports Burr, 1804, [138];
defence of methods used by State Bank, [188-9];
changes views in case of Merchants' Bank, [191];
opposes Bank of America, [196];
makes war on Clinton, [255];
unfriendly to Erie canal, [261];
opposition silenced, [262];
favours settlement of Tompkins' accounts, [276];
conspicuous work in constitutional con., 1821, [299-310];
aspirant for gov., 1822, [313];
sent to Assembly, 1827, [357];
sought nomination for gov., 1830, [376];
leaves Jackson party, 1832, [394];
death of, ii. [104].
Roseboom, Robert, member of Council of Appointment, i. [107];
controlled by DeWitt Clinton, [107].
Ross, Charles N., nominated for state treas., 1874, iii. [326];
elected, [331].
Rouse, Caspar M., accused David Thomas of bribery, i. [193].
Ruger, William C., elected chief judge of Court of Appeals, 1882, iii. [499].
Ruggles, Charles H., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [109];
chairman judiciary com., [109];
nominated for Court of Appeals, [184];
character of, [184];
elected, [189].
Ruggles, Samuel B., Seward's reliance upon, ii. [34].
Russell, Leslie W., nominated for atty.-gen., 1881, iii. [485];
elected, [486].
Sage, Russell, in Congress, ii. [195];
opposes repeal of Missouri Compromise, [195].
Sanders, John, member of Council of Appointment, i. [107].
Sanford, Nathan, career and character of, i. [170];
defends embargo, [170-1];
opposes DeWitt Clinton for President, [203];
elected U.S. senator, [233];
succeeded by Van Buren, [286];
succeeded by Jones for chancellor, [347];
re-elected U.S. senator, [347].
Saratoga Union convention, 1866, iii. [144];
attended by Reps. and Dems., [144];
appoints dels. to Johnson's Philadelphia con., [144].
Savage, Edward, member Council of Appointment, 1807, i. [156].
Savage, John, appointed Supreme Court judge, i. [322].
Schell, Augustus, at Charleston con., ii. [272];
aspires to be gov., 1872, iii. [297];
opposes Tilden, 1876, [342];
candidate for state senator, [386];
opposed by Morrissey, [386];
fierce fight, [386];
defeated, [388];
nominated for mayor by Tam., [394];
defeated, [396];
leads the Tam. bolt, 1879, [423];
refused admission to Dem. nat. con., 1880, [457];
part in spectacular reconciliation, [458].
Scheu, Solomon B., nominated for prison insp., 1870, iii. [231];
elected, [244].
Schoonmaker, Augustus, nominated for atty.-gen., 1877, iii. [384];
elected, [387];
renominated, 1879, [424];
defeated, [427];
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1881, [484];
defeated, [486].
Schurz, Carl, reports upon Southern sentiment, iii. [136];
opposes Ku Klux Act, [276];
favours universal amnesty, [277];
criticism of Grant's administration, [278];
organises Lib. Rep. movement, [280];
ch'm. of Lib. Rep. con., [283];
opposes Greeley for President, [283].
Schuyler, George W., nominated for state treas., 1863, iii. [76];
elected, [83].
Schuyler, Philip, member first constitutional con., i. [5];
suggested for gov., [17];
public career of, [17];
Kent on, [17];
Webster on, [18];
characteristics of, [18];
called "Great Eye," [18], note;
surprised by Clinton's election as gov., [21];
elected U.S. senator, [44];
defeated for re-election, [49];
combination against him, [49];
member of Council of Appointment, [61];
nominates Benson, [61];
claims concurrent right with gov., [61];
justification of, [62];
re-elected to U.S. senate, [70];
resigns, [70];
example in Council followed by DeWitt Clinton, [110].
Scott, George F., nominated for state comp., 1861, iii. [21], note;
defeated, [29].
Scott, John Morin, member first constitutional con., i. [5];
leads radicals in, [13];
ch'm. Council of Safety, [16];
suggested for gov., [17];
Adams on, [18];
Jones on, [18];
ancestry of, [19];
career of, [19].
Scott, Winfield, valour at Queenstown Heights, i. [223];
opinion of Wilkinson, [223];
promoted, [225];
bravery at Lundy's Lane, [226];
brilliant leadership, [227];
candidate for President, 1852, ii. [166-7];
tour through New York, [176];
regarded as Seward's candidate, [175];
confident of election, [179];
defeated, [179].
Disapproves relief of Fort Sumter, iii. [1];
disapproves battle of Bull Run, [11].
"Scratchers," a faction of Rep. party, iii. [424];
origin of name, [424].
Scribner, G. Hilton, defeated for ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1871, iii. [258-9];
nominated for sec. of state, 1871, [264];
elected, [275].
Seceders, Barnburners from Hunkers, ii. [127];
Silver-Grays from Seward Whigs, [155];
Dem. senators from state senate, [163];
Hunkers from Barnburners, [180];
anti-slavery members from Softs, [197];
Wood delegation from Dem. state con., [249].
Secretary of state, stepping stone to Presidency, i. [364].
Sedgwick, Charles B., character of, iii. [55];
candidate for U.S. senate, 1863, [55];
defeated, [55].
Selden, Henry S., nominated for lt.-gov., ii. [237];
family of, [237];
character and career of, [236-7].
Suggested for U.S. senate, 1863, iii. [55];
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1863, [76];
elected, [83];
joins Lib. Rep. party, [284];
attends its Nat. con., [284];
opposes scheme of Fenton, [284].
Selden, Samuel L., nominated for Court of Appeals, ii. [211];
elected, [219];
brother of Henry R., [237];
character and career of, [237-8].
Selkreg, John H., Ithaca Journal, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [414].
Senate, state, number of members in first, i. [9];
election of, [9];
how apportioned, [9];
powers of, [9];
model of, [9];
who could vote for, [9].
Senate, United States, its enormous power, i. [118];
membership in it preferred to the governorship, [364];
years of its greatness, [386].
Senators, United States, service of Rufus King, 1789-96, i. [44];
Philip Schuyler, 1789-91, [44];
Aaron Burr, 1791-7, [49];
John Lawrence, 1796-1801, [70];
Philip Schuyler, 1797-8, [70];
John Sloss Hobart, 1798, [70];
William North, 1798, [70];
James Watson, 1798-1800, [70];
Gouverneur Morris, 1800-3, [71];
John Armstrong, 1801-2, [118];
DeWitt Clinton, 1802-3, [118];
John Armstrong, 1803-4, [118];
Theodorus Bailey, 1804, [156];
Samuel L. Mitchell, 1804-9, [170];
John Smith, 1804-15, [170];
Obadiah German, 1809-15, [170];
Rufus King, 1815-27, [211], [269];
Nathan Sanford, 1815-21, [233];
Martin Van Buren, 1821-8, [286];
Charles B. Dudley, 1829-33, [383];
Nathan Sanford, 1827-31, [347];
William L. Marcy, 1831-2, [385].
Silas Wright, 1833-44, ii. [1], [65];
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, 1833-44, [39];
Daniel S. Dickinson, 1845-51, [93];
Henry A. Foster, 1844-5, [93];
John A. Dix, 1845-9, [93];
William H. Seward, 1849-61, [145], [205];
Hamilton Fish, 1851-7, [162];
Preston King, 1857-63, [243];
Ira Harris, 1861-7, [365].
Edwin D. Morgan, 1863-9, iii. [55];
Roscoe Conkling, 1867-81, [171], [305], [397];
Reuben E. Fenton, 1869-75, [222];
Francis Kernan, 1875-81, [321];
Thomas C. Platt, 1881, [468];
Warner Miller, 1881-7, [481];
Elbridge G. Lapham, 1881-5, [482].
Sessions, Loren B., a state senator, iii. [437];
decides to vote for Blaine, 1880, [437];
severely criticised, [437];
charged with bribery, 1881, [480];
acquitted, [480], note.
Seward, Frederick W., nominated for sec. of state, 1874, iii. [325];
defeated, [331].
Seward, William H., elected state senator, i. [377];
appearance of, [377];
career and character of, [378];
his boyhood, [378];
gifts, [378];
an active Clintonian, [379];
first meeting with Weed, [379];
Weed on, [380];
joined Anti-Masons, [380];
visits John Quincy Adams, [380];
Whigs nominate for gov., 1834, [402];
fitness and red hair, [402-3];
bright prospects of election, [402-3];
defeated, [404];
indifference of, [405].
Nominated for gov., 1838, ii. [19-21];
elected, [29];
accepts Weed's dictatorship, [31-3], [36-8];

first message of, [34-5];
tribute to DeWitt Clinton, [35];
prophetic of Erie canal, [36];
renominated, 1840, [42];
elected, [45];
weakness of, [45];
reasons for, [48-50];
declines renomination, [50-1];
unhappy, 1844, [84-5];
predicts disunion, [86];
Clay's Alabama letter, [87-8];
on Wilmot Proviso, [102];
absence of, from constitutional con., 1846, [104-5];
picture of candidates, 1846, [121];
on the stump, 1848, [141-3];
first meeting with Lincoln, [143];
elected U.S. senator, [145-7];
gratitude to Weed, [148];
opposes compromises, 1850, [152];
higher law speech, [152];
Whigs approve his course, [153-5];
opposes repeal of Missouri Compromise, [190-3];
Blair on, [192-3];
opposed a Rep. party, 1854, [200];
re-elected to U.S. senate, [205-7];
Raymond on, [205];
Evening Post on, [205];
opposed by Know-Nothings, [205-6];
gratitude to Weed, [208];
speech for Rep. party, [217-8];
criticised, [219-20];
speech on Kansas, [225-6];
declined nomination for President, [229-32];
hinted Weed betrayed him, [230];
grouty, [239];
suspicions of trimming, [252];
irrepressible conflict speech, [252-3];
criticism of, [254];
goes to Europe, [260-1];
bill to admit Kansas, [261];
speech on, [265-7];
criticised as bid for Presidency, [267-8];
Phillips, Garrison, and Greeley on, [268];
confident of nomination for President, 1860, [283-4];
on Greeley's fidelity, [284], note;
character of opposition, [285];
defeated on third ballot, [289];
sorrow of friends, [290], note;
personal bearing of, [291-3];
letter to wife, [292];
to Weed, [291-3];
Greeley's letter, 1854, [311-17];
its effect upon him, [317];
admits Greeley should have had an office, [323];
vindictiveness of, [323], [386];
in New England, [328];
in the West, [329];
climax of career, [329];
predicted Alaska purchase, [330];
on threats of disunion, [334];
as to Weed's compromise, [368], [380];
waiting to hear from Lincoln, [368-9];
on Buchanan's message, [369-70];
offered secretaryship of state, [370];
generally anticipated, [370];
Weed saw Lincoln for, [371];
Astor House speech, [371-3];
opposes Crittenden Compromise, [373-4];
answers Jefferson Davis, [376-7];
non-committalism, [377-9];
purpose of, [377-8];
Whittier's poem on, [378];
speech criticised, [379];
secession in White House, [379];
controversy with Mason of Virginia, [381-2];
brilliant and resourceful, [383];
modifies Lincoln's inaugural address, [384-5];
a blow at Curtin, [386];
opposes Chase, [386];
declines to enter Cabinet, [386];
tenacious as to patronage, [390];
conference with Harris and President, [390], [396], [397];
Barney's appointment, [390-7];
President or Premier, [397];
secures all important offices, [398];
Dickinson's appointment, [399-401].
Disapproves relief of Fort Sumter, iii. [1];
orders arrests, [19];
favours Dix for gov., 1862, [41];
position in Cabinet, [41];
views on emancipation, [41];
opposes Wadsworth, [50];
criticism of Seymour, [83];
relations with Lincoln, [84-5];
humorous illustration of, [84];
Radicals resent his influence with Lincoln, [89];
influence in state lessened, [89];
supports Johnson, [143];
favours Philadelphia con., 1866, [143];
shares Raymond's unpopularity, [146];
influence with the President, [146];
writes veto messages, [147];
speech of May 22, 1866, [147];
a leader without a party, [149];
criticised in Rep. state con., 1866, [151];
his home speech, 1868, [212].
Seymour, David L., character and career of, ii. [232-3];
at Charleston con., [272].
Seymour, Henry, elected canal commissioner, i. [261];
deprives Clinton of patronage, [261].
Seymour, Horatio, leading Conservative, ii. [53];
member of Assembly, [60];
report on canal, [61];
legislative skill and influence, [61];
appearance, [61];
Hoffman and, [63];
elected speaker of Assembly, [91-2];
poise and gifts, [91];
beginning of leadership, [91];
controls in election of U.S. senators, [93];
fight over fourth constitutional con., [99];
harmonises Hunkers and Barnburners, [149];
John Van Buren, [150];
nominated for gov., 1850, [156];
defeated, [158];
supports Marcy for President, 1852, [169-72];
nominated for gov., 1852, [172-3];
Conkling on, [172];
elected, [178];
secures canal constitutional amendment, [183-4];
approved by Barnburners, [184];
renominated for gov., 1854, [197];
vetoes Maine liquor law, [199];
defeated, [203];
pleads for Softs at Nat. con., [226-8];
leader of united party, [232];
condemns Rep. party, [239], note;
declines nomination for gov., 1858, [249];
Richmond's choice for President at Charleston, [276], [298], note, [299];
name withdrawn at Baltimore, [301];
at Softs' state con., [325];
at Dem. state peace con., [354];
sentiments of, [355-6], and note.
View on war issues, iii. [27-9];
opposes a Union state con., 1861, [15];
nominated for gov., 1862, [38];
prefers another, [38];
Richmond's appeal to, [38];
his influence, [40];
speech of acceptance, [40];
criticised, [44], [45];
speaks in campaign, [47];
resents Raymond's attack, [47];
elected, [51];
not a member of the Union league, [61];
inaugural address, [61];
views about the war, [62];
Lincoln's letter to, [63];
his opinion of President, [63];
fails to write Lincoln, [64];
vetoes bill allowing soldiers to vote, [64];
criticises arrest of Vallandigham, [65];
sends troops to Gettysburg, [66];
refuses to reply to Lincoln's thanks, [67];
Fourth of July speech, [67];
draft-riot, [68];
speech to rioters, [68];
calls them "friends," [68];
no complicity, [69];
influence of his speech, [69];
his use of the word "friends," [69];
cause of embarrassment, [70];
views about the draft, [70];
dilatoriness of, [70];
his letter to Lincoln, [71];
dreary speech, [79], note;
severely criticised, [80-1];
charged with nepotism, [80];
speeches in reply, [81-2];
message of, 1864, [98-100];
a bid for the presidency, [100];
heads delegation to Dem. nat. con., 1864, [101];
war depression favours, [107];
his journey to Chicago, [107];
candidacy for President, [107];
opposed by Richmond, [107];
dislike of McClellan, [107];
delegation supports him until defeat is certain, [108];
refuses to vote for McClellan, [108];
ch'm. of con., [110];
his speech, [110-12];
delivery of, [111];
renominated for gov., 1864, [117-9];
Richmond fooled, [119];
criticises Lincoln, [123];
defeated, [125];
supports President Johnson, [133];
ch'm. Dem. state con., 1867, [179];
on payment of U.S. bonds, [181];
drops Johnson, [182];
on canal frauds, [183];
on negro suffrage, [186-7];
president of Nat. Dem. con., 1868, [197];
favours Chase for President, [198];
approved platform with negro suffrage, [198];
refuses to be candidate for President, [200];
nominated, [201];
much affected, [201];
accepts, [204];
criticism, [205];
high character of, [208];
tours the West, [211];
defeated, [214];
but carries New York, [215];
evidences of fraud in election, [215-8];
in Dem. state con., 1871, [270];
shabbily treated, [270];
absent from Dem. state con., 1872, [287];
also from Dem. Nat. con., 1872, [287];
advises Tilden not to run for gov., [311];
writes platform, 1874, [314];
nominated for gov., 1876, [346];
declines, [346];
Tam. urges him for President, 1880, [451];
preferred a funeral to a nomination, [451].
Seymour, Horatio, Jr., nominated for state eng., 1877, iii. [384];
elected, [387];
renominated, 1879, [424];
elected, [427].
Seymour, Silas, nominated for state eng., 1882, iii. [485];
elected, [486].
Sharpe, George H., holds office of surveyor of port of New York, iii. [399];
successor appointed, 1877, [399];
suggests Arthur for Vice President, 1880, [444];
Conkling objects to it, [444];
fails to get Conkling to present Arthur's name, [444];
secures Woodford to do it, [444];
character and services, [464];
elected speaker of the Assembly, [464];
supports Crowley for U.S. Senate, 1881, [465];
urges Conkling to seek re-election at Albany, 1881, [481];
prophecy of Payn, [481], note;
aids election of Miller for U.S. senator, [481].
Sharpe, Peter B., speaker of Assembly, i. [262];
unfriendly to canal, [261-2];
opposition silenced, [262];
approves Tompkins' war accounts, [276];
opposes Jackson, [357];
nominated for Assembly, 1827, [358].
Shaw, Samuel M., Cooperstown Freeman's Journal, a leading Dem. editor, iii. [420].
Sheldon, Alexander, speaker of Assembly, i. [194];
charges Southwick with bribery, [194].
Sherman, John, aids Cornell's election as gov., 1879, iii. [427];
reply to criticisms, [427], note;
indignant over Arthur's nomination for Vice President, [445], note.
Sherwood, Henry, nominated for speaker of Assembly, 1863, iii. [53];
defeated, [53].
"Short-hairs," faction of Tam., iii. [325], note.
Sickles, Daniel E., member of the Hards, ii. [209];
represented Tam., [249].
Early life of, iii. [8];
offers services to Government, [8];
interview with President, [9], note;
del. to Rep. nat. con., 1868, [192];
ch'm. of New York delegation, [192];
supports Fenton, [193];
destroys the Erie-Gould ring, [293].
Sigel, Franz, named for sec. of state, 1869, iii. [226];
defeated, [227].
Silliman, Benjamin D., nominated for atty.-gen., 1873, iii. [308];
defeated, [309].
Silver-Grays, faction of Whig party, ii. [155];
origin of name, [155];
secede from Whig con., 1850, [155];
hold con. at Utica, [155-6];
indorse Hunt for gov., [156];
become Know-Nothings, [202], [204];
also Hards, [204];
defeated Reps., 1855, [219];
finally absorbed by other parties, [332].
Skinner, Roger, member of Council, i. [288];
U.S. judge, [294];
member of Albany Regency, [294].
Skinner, William I., nominated for canal com., 1862, iii. [41], note;
elected, [51].
Slavery, Jay fails to recommend abolition of, i. [68], [111];
abolished by Legislature of New York, [111];
agitation against, ii. [5-10];
Beardsley heads a mob, [6];
state anti-slavery society formed, [8];
Van Buren's attitude toward, [10-12];
Wilmot Proviso, [102];
Free-soil movement, [126-44];
prohibition of, in Territories, [282];
platform of Rep. party, [282].
Sloan, George B., career and character, iii. [417];
elected speaker of Assembly, 1877, [417];
defeated for speaker, 1879, [407], [417];
votes for Cornell, 1879, [417];
resented, [417].
Slocum, Henry W., record of, iii. [128];
nominated for sec. of state, 1865, [129];
defeated, [135];
aspires to be gov., 1879, [421];
defeated by Robinson, [423];
presented for gov., 1882, [488];
favoured by Manning, [489];
charges against, [489];
contest with Flower, [491];
elected congressman-at-large, 1882, [498], note.
Smith, Alexander, brigadier-general, relieves Stephen Van Rensselaer on Niagara frontier, i. [222];
character and failure of, [222].
Smith, Carroll E., Syracuse Journal, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [413-4].
Smith, Charles E., Albany Journal, a leading Rep. editor, iii. [413];
ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1880, [430];
character and career, [430-2].
Smith, Gerrit, career and gifts of, ii. [7-8];
Weed on, [7-8];
wealth of, [7];
becomes an Abolitionist, [8];
generosity of, [8];
organises state anti-slavery society, [8];
influence, 1838, [25];
1844, [83];
rescues a fugitive, [165];
elected to Congress, [179].
Del. to Rep. nat. con., 1872, iii. [291];
boasts that delegation is without an office-holder, [291].
Smith, Henry, known as "Hank," iii. [250];
leader of Tam. Reps., [250];
controversy over, [255-63].
Smith, James C., at peace congress, ii. [350].
Smith, Melancthon, member of Poughkeepsie con., i. [33];
ablest opponent of Federal Constitution, [34];
Fiske on, [34];
wisdom of suggestions, [34];
change of mind, [35];
supports Clinton for gov., 1789, [43].
Smith, Peter, father of Gerrit, ii. [7];
large landowner, [7].
Smith, William S., appointed U.S. marshal, i. [44].
Smyth, John F., forsakes Pomeroy, 1879, iii. [416];
calls a snap con., 1880, [429];
career and character, [429-30];
supports Crowley for U.S. Senate, 1881, [465];
ch'm. Rep. state com., 1882, [494];
disclaimed any part in fraud and treachery, [498];
overwhelmingly defeated, [498].
Social Democratic party, state con., 1877, iii. [384].
Softs, name of Dem. faction, ii. [185];
successors to Barnburners, [185];
why so called, [185];
ticket defeated, 1853, [189];
strained position as to repeal of Missouri Compromise, [196];
withdrawal of anti-slavery leaders, [197];
Seymour renominated for gov. by, [197-8];
defeated, [203];
disapproved extension of slavery, [210];
became pro-slavery, [226];
humiliated at Nat. con., [226-8];
Seymour pleads for, [226-8];
unite with Hards, [232];
support Buchanan and Parker, [232];
Wood captures their state con., [257];
Dickinson yields to, [258];
control at Charleston and Baltimore, [270-9], [294-303];
hold separate state con., 1860, [325-6];
nominated Kelley for gov., [326];
fuse with Constitutional Union party, [326-7].
Soldiers' vote, scheme to defraud, 1864, iii. [124].
Soule, Howard, nominated for state eng., 1877, iii. [377];
defeated, [387];
renominated, 1879, [416];

defeated, [427].
Southern fire-eaters, threats of disunion, ii. [261];
reward for heads of Rep. leaders, [264-5].
Southern press, criticism of New York City, 1861, iii. [10].
Southwick, Solomon, character and gifts of, i. [154];
career, [154], [192-3];
connection with Bank of America, [191], [193-4];
indicted and acquitted, [194];
becomes postmaster, [239];
opposes Tompkins for President, [230];
runs for gov., 1822, [316];
strange career of, [316-7];
without support, [319];
without votes, [320];
nominated for gov., 1828, [364];
defeated, [368].
Spaulding, Elbridge G., career of, ii. [188];
nominated treas. of state, [188];
"father of the greenback," [188];
elected state treas., [189];
at birth of Rep. party, [214];
presents petition for peace, [350].
Member of Ways and Means com., iii. [32];
drafts legal tender act, [32];
opposed by Conkling, [32];
aided by sec. of treas., [33];
bill becomes a law, [33];
defeated for Congress, 1876, [350].
Spencer, Ambrose, appearance of, i. [55-6];
asst. atty.-gen., [70];
changes his politics, [87];
reasons for, [88];
relative of Chancellor Livingston, [88];
member of Council of Appointment, [107];
atty.-gen., [117];
on Supreme Court, [117];
appointment alarms Federalists, [117];
reasons for, [117-8];
character of, [118];
attack on Foote, [120];
assailed by Van Ness, [125];
opposes the Merchants' Bank, [148];
votes for Clinton for President, [167];
opposes charter of Merchants' Bank, [189];
and Bank of America, [195];
breaks with DeWitt Clinton, [197];
opposes him for President, [202-4];
denounced by Clinton, [204];
friend of Armstrong, [216];
distrusted by Tompkins, [216-7];
opposes Van Buren for atty.-gen., [232];
relations with Tompkins strained, [233];
favours Armstrong for U.S. Senate, [233];
becomes a candidate, [233];
beaten by Van Buren, [233];
breaks with Tompkins, [237];
relations renewed with Clinton, [245];
brother-in-law of, [245];
declares for him for gov., [246];
forces a broader party caucus, [250];
work in constitutional con., 1821, [299-310];
Yates' treatment of, [322];
later career and death, [322-3].
Spencer, Daniel C., nominated for canal com., 1876, iii. [339];
defeated, [350].
Spencer, John C., son of Ambrose Spencer, i. [263];
gifts, character, and career of, [263-5];
likeness to Calhoun, [264];
home at Canandaigua, [264];
DeWitt Clinton's opinion of, [264];
candidate for U.S. Senate, [266-7];
defeated, [267];
fails to become atty.-gen., [274];
speaker of Assembly, [276];
opposes Tompkins' accounts, [276];
headed electoral ticket, 1832, [393].
Seward's reliance upon, ii. [34];
sec. of state, [36];
ambitious to go to U.S. Senate, [38];
sec. of war, [48];
breaks with Weed, [48];
with Scott at Albany, [176].
Spencer, Joshua A., defeated for U.S. Senate, ii. [38].
Spinner, Francis B., nominated for state comp., 1874, iii. [325];
defeated, [331];
nominated for sec. of state, 1877, [384];
defeated, [387].
"Stalwarts," title of faction in Rep. party, 1880, iii. [429];
use of regretted, [482].
Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, daughter of Daniel Cady, i. [169];
gifts of, [169].
Starin, John H., aspires to be gov., 1879, iii. [414];
career of, [414] and note;
name presented for gov., 1882, [492];
defeated, [494].
State debt, Hoffman's estimate of, 1846, ii. [108-9].
Steam navigation, history of its inception, i. [75-6].
Stephens, Alexander H., predicts civil war, ii. [279].
Stevens, Samuel, ancestry and career of, i. [376];
nominated for lt.-gov., [376];
defeated, [377];
energy of, [390];
renominated for lt.-gov., 1832, [393].
Stevens, Thaddeus, approves legal tender act, iii. [32];
dislike of Johnson, [132];
opposes his policy, [137];
defeats Raymond, [141].
Stewart, Alvan, nominated for gov., ii. [82];
character and career of, [82-3];
defeated, [89];
increasing strength, [89].
Stewart, William, brother-in-law of George Clinton, i. [117];
made asst. atty.-gen., [117].
Stillwell, Silas M., nominated for lt.-gov., i. [402];
character and career of, [402];
defeated, [404].
Stranahan, Ferrand, member of Council, i. [231].
Stroud, Reuben W., nominated for canal com., 1872, iii. [296];
elected, [302];
renominated, 1874, [315];
defeated, [319].
Suffrage, restrictions of under first constitution, i. [9].
Sumner, Charles, assaulted by Brooks, ii. [225];
Seward on, [225];
excitement in North, [226];
leads radicals in U.S. Senate, iii. [14];
opposes President Johnson, [128];
removed from Com. on Foreign Affairs, [278].
Sutherland, Jacob, appointed Supreme Court judge, i. [322].
"Swallow-tails," faction of Tam., iii. [325];
history of name, [325].
Swartwout, John, dist.-atty., i. [117], [121];
challenges DeWitt Clinton, [127];
wounded twice, [127];
leader of Burrites, [152].
Sweeny, Peter B., known as Peter Brains Sweeny, iii. [177];
Tweed's reliance upon, [177];
begins, 1857, as dist.-atty., [177];
the Mephistopheles of Tam., [178];
hidden from sight, [178];
city chamberlain, [178];
cost of confirmation, [178];
author of Tweed charter, [228];
takes position of most lucre, [229];
exposure of startling crime, [246];
resigns from office, 1871, [247];
escapes to Europe with plunder, [248];
compromises and returns, [248], note.
Sweet, Sylvanus H., nominated for state eng., 1865, iii. [129];
defeated, [135];
renominated, 1873, [309];
elected, [309].
Sylvester, Francis, nominated for state comp., 1877, iii. [377];
defeated, [387].
Talcott, Samuel A., atty.-gen., i. [289];
career and appearance of, [289-94];
genius of, [290];
compared to Hamilton, [290];
Chief Justice Marshall on, [290];
opposed Webster in Snug Harbour case, [290];
close relations with Butler, [291];
original member of Albany Regency, [293-4];
death of, [294].
Tallmadge, Fred A., elected to state senate, ii. [16];
nominated for clerk to Court of Appeals, 1862, iii. [41], note;
elected, [51].
Tallmadge, James, opposition to Missouri Compromise, i. [274];
applicant for atty.-gen., [274];
hostility to DeWitt Clinton, [274];
work in constitutional con., 1821, [299-310];
applicant for state comp., [321];
beaten by Marcy, [321];
supported Adams, 1824, [324];
voted for Clinton's removal as canal com., [328-9];
great mistake, [329];
nominated for lt.-gov., [331];
in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [103].
Tallmadge, Nathaniel P., opponent of Regency, i. [358];
sent to Assembly, [358];
in U.S. Senate, ii. [1];
attitude toward slavery, [11];
endorsed Seward for gov., [24-5];
nominated for U.S. Senate, [38];
elected, [39];
becomes gov. of Wisconsin, [92].
Tammany Society, early history of, i. [181-5];
hostility to DeWitt Clinton, [181-5];
opposes Erie canal, [251];
opposed Clinton for gov., 1817, [251];
defeated, [252];
Clinton dismisses its office-holders, [255];
Van Buren silences its opposition to canal, [261-2];
influence in securing the constitutional con., 1821, [296];
favours Jackson for President, [357];
trains with the Softs, ii. [249];
defeats Wood, [257].
Tammany Hall, defeated, 1861, iii. [29];
Tweed begins his career, [176];
boss of, [176];
his lieutenants, [177];
forces Hoffman's nomination, 1866, [159];
fraudulent naturalisations, [175];
its new building, [178];
again nominates Hoffman, 1868, [205];
renominates Hoffman, 1870, [231];
startling disclosures of Tweed ring, [246-9];
controls state con., 1871, [269-73];
dismayed by result of election, [275];
Kelly succeeds Tweed as its leader, [288];
reorganises it, [289];
divided into two factions, [325];
Morrissey faction rejected, [325];
Kelly's ticket defeated, 1875, [331];
Morrissey and Kelly factions unite, 1876, [346];
ticket elected, [350];
factions divide, 1877, [378];
Kelly wins, [383];
but Morrissey elected to Senate, [388];
it controls Dem. state con., 1878, [392];
defeated in election, [397];
bolts Dem. state con., 1879, [423];
holds con. of its own, [424];
nominates Kelly for gov., [424];
crushed by defeat, [427];
refused admission to Dem. state con., 1880, [451];
holds con. of its own, [451];
platform stigmatises Tilden, [452];
refused admission to Dem. nat. con., 1880, [457];
spectacular reconciliation, [458];
forces a Dem. state con., [460];
has its own way, [460];
fools Irving Hall on mayoralty, [460];
opponents organise County Democracy, [483];
dels. excluded from Dem. state con., 1881, [484];
local ticket defeated, [483];
forces way into Dem. state con., 1882, [488];
divides its vote for gov., [490];
finally supports Cleveland, [491];
joins County Democracy on local ticket, [498];
elect state and city officials, [498].
"Tammany-Republicans," history of title, iii. [250], [254], [255].
Tappan, Abraham B., candidate prison insp., 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29].
Tappan, Arthur, early Abolitionist, ii. [6];
requisition for, [6].
Tappan, Lewis, early Abolitionist, ii. [6];
home mobbed, [6];
nominated for state comp., [216].
Taylor, John, career and character of, i. [177-8];
speech against Platt, [178];
opposes Bank of America, [196];
appearance of, [196];
nominated for lt.-gov., [213];
attacked by Clinton, [213];
elected, [215];
renominated for lt.-gov. with Clinton, [279].
Taylor, John J., nominated for lt.-gov., ii. [249-50];
career of, [250].
Taylor, John W., congressman from Saratoga, i. [312];
brilliant leader, [312];
twice speaker of national House of Representatives, [312], ii. [204];
refuses nomination for lt.-gov., i. [331];
defeated for speaker in Twentieth Congress, [359].
Champion opponent of Missouri Compromise, 1820, ii. [204];
lived to see principles adopted, [204];
longer continuous service than any successor, [204];
character of speeches, [204];
death of, [204].
Taylor, Moses, urges Lincoln's renomination, iii. [88];
attends Saratoga con., 1866, [144];
approves books of Tweed's city comp., [245].
Taylor, William B., candidate for state eng., 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29];
renominated, 1863, [76];
elected, [83];
renominated, 1869, [226];
defeated, [227];
renominated, 1871, [264];
elected, [275];
renominated, 1873, [308];
defeated, [309].
Temperance vote, 1870, iii. [244], note.
Thayer, Adin, nominated for canal com., 1874, iii. [314];
elected, [319].
Thayer, Francis S., nominated for sec. of state, 1873, iii. [308];
defeated, [309].
Third term, talk of it, 1874, iii. [317];
Grant's letter ends it, 1875, [329];
Rep. state con., 1875, declares against it, [325];
Grant becomes an active candidate, 1880, [428];
efforts of Stalwarts to nominate him, [429-42];
opposition to, [429-42];
defeated, [442].
Thomas, David, career and character of, i. [191-2];
charged with bribery, [193];
indicted and acquitted, [194].
Thomas, Thomas, member of Council of Appointment, 1807, i. [156].
Thompson, Herbert O., appointed clerk of N.Y. county, 1879, iii. [418];
an organiser of the County Democracy, [483].
Thompson, Smith, related to Livingstons, i. [155];
on Supreme bench, [155];
refused mayoralty of New York, [155];
career of, [362];
learning of, [362];
sec. of navy under Munroe, [362];
on bench twenty-five years, [362];
justice of U.S. Supreme Court, [362];
nominated for gov., 1828, [362];
refused to withdraw, [363];
defeated, [368].
Thompson, William, caucus nominee for speaker, i. [257];
character and career of, [257];
defeated by a bolt, [258-9].
Thorn, Stephen, an assemblyman, i. [149];
charged Purdy with bribery, [149], [190].
Throop, Enos T., criticised Morgan's abductors, i. [365];
home on Lake Owasco, [365];
nominated for lt.-gov., [366-7];
bargain with Van Buren, [366];
resigned from Supreme Court, [366];
elected lt.-gov., [368];
becomes acting gov., [376];
nominated for gov., 1830, [376];
unpopular manners, [376];
elected, [377];
defeated for renomination, 1832, [394];
nicknamed "Small-light," [394];
character of, [394].
Thurman, Allen G., attitude toward Tilden, iii. [354].
Tilden, Samuel J., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. [104];
opposes negro suffrage, [107];
writes address of Barnburners, [131];
nominated for atty.-gen., [211];
defeated, [218].
Del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. [108];
age and appearance of, [108];
ability, [109];
war record, [109];
becomes wealthy, [110];
accepted leader at Chicago, [110];
member com. on res., [110];
declares war a failure, [110];
criticised for his timidity, [113];
attends Saratoga con., 1866, [144];
del.-at-large to Philadelphia, [144];
active in campaign, 1867, [186];
attends Dem. nat. con., 1868, [197];
ch'm. New York delegation, [197];
forces nomination of Seymour, [201];
study of his methods, [203];
disclaims any agency, [203];
his artfulness, [203];
urges Seymour to accept, [204];
certain of success, [213];
denies signing infamous circular, [213];
fails to denounce forgers, [214];
calls Dem. state con. to order, 1870, [230];
has his pocket picked, [230];
severely criticised, [231];
prophesies Tweed will die in jail or exile, [265];
no liking for Rep. party, [265-6];
begins reform in Dem. party, [266-7];
rejects Tweed's proposals, [267];
labours to punish Ring, [267];
unites anti-Tam. organisations, [268];
at Dem. state con., 1871, [269-74];
though defeated, proves its master, [273];
Tweed arrested on his affidavit, [275];
absent from Dem. nat con., 1872, [287];
secures impeachment of Tweed judges, [293];
at Dem. state con., 1872, [297];
opposed by Tweed influence, [297];
nominates Kernan for gov., [298];
decides to run for gov., [310];

supported by Kelly, [310];
praised by Rep. journals, [311];
opposed by canal ring, [311];
dissuaded by friends, [311];
Seymour advises against it, [311];
insists upon making race, [312];
nominated, [313];
elected gov., [319];
message against canal ring, [321-2];
prosecutions, [323];
tour of the state, [323];
Rep. press criticises, [326];
speech at Utica, [327];
message of, 1876, a bid for presidency, [340];
opposed by Kelly, [341-2];
strength of, [342];
confidence of, [343];
a critical moment, [343];
nominated for President, [343];
letter of acceptance, [344];
fails to nominate Dorsheimer for gov., [345];
severe criticism of, [348-9];
denies complicity in cipher dispatches, [351];
attitude toward Electoral Com., [354-5];
relied upon Davis' vote, [356];
hurt by Conkling's exclusion, [356];
prestige weakened, [378];
publication of cipher dispatches, [394-5];
influence upon, [395];
party talks of his nomination, 1880, [447];
embodiment of fraud issue, [448];
opposition of Kelly, [448];
Dem. state con., 1880, endorses him for President, [449];
would he accept nomination, [453];
his health, [453-4];
gives Manning a letter, [454];
regarded as indefinite, [455-6];
settles question in telegram, [456];
did not know himself, [456];
an opportunist, [456].
Tillotson, Thomas, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i. [113];
sec. of state, [115];
assailed by Van Ness, [125];
removed as sec., [151];
restored, [154];
removed, [165].
Tinsley, William F., nominated for canal com., 1874, iii. [325];
defeated, [331].
Tompkins, Daniel D., nominated for gov., i. [155];
character and career of, [158-61];
compared with Clinton, [160-1];
elected gov., [161-2];
an issue dividing parties, [162];
sustains embargo, [164];
opposes George Clinton for President, [166-7];
renominated for gov., [173];
re-elected, [179];
opposes banks, [194-5];
ambitious to be President, [197], [232], [238];
prorogues Legislature, [197];
opposes DeWitt Clinton for President, [201];
renominated for gov., [212];
attacked by Clinton, [213];
re-elected, [215];
at zenith of popularity, [215];
jealous of Armstrong, [216];
distrusts Spencer, [217];
called the great war gov., [219];
refuses to give Clinton active service in field, [220];
re-elected, [223];
efforts paralysed by Federalists, [219-30];
defeat of Federalists, [226];
calls extra session of Legislature, [226];
vigorous prosecution of war, [226];
opposed Spencer, [233-4];
relations with Spencer strained, [233];
favoured Sanford for U.S. Senate, [233];
Legislature endorses him for President, [235];
re-elected gov., [236];
opposed for President by Spencer, [237];
offered place in Madison's cabinet, [237];
reasons for declining, [238];
Virginians create opposition to, [239];
Van Buren's sly methods, [240];
nominated and elected Vice President, [240];
did not favour Erie canal, [246];
nominated to beat Clinton, [274];
majorities in prior elections, [275];
shortage in war accounts, [275-82];
effort to prevent nomination of, [275-8];
Yates on, [279];
insisted on fifth race, [279];
handicapped by canal record, [279];
defeated, [281];
sad closing of his life, [282];
president constitutional con., 1821, [299];
willing to run for gov., 1822, [318].
Toombs, Robert, opposes attack on Fort Sumter, iii. [2];
prophecy fulfilled, [3].
Tories, treatment of, i. [23];
their flight to Nova Scotia, [26].
Tousey, Sinclair, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii. [283];
organises its con. for Greeley's nomination, [283];
del. to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, [296].
Townsend, Henry A., character and career of, i. [217];
member of Council, [217];
supports Clinton for mayor, [217].
Townsend, John D., strong supporter of Tam., iii. [383].
Townsend, Martin I., as an orator, iii. [80-1];
arraigns Seymour, [81];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1869, [226];
defeated, [227].
Tracy, Albert H., gifts and career of, i. [372];
in Congress, [372];
mentioned for U.S. Senate, [372];
ambitious for public life, [372];
easy principles, [372];
like Jefferson in appearance, [372-3];
nominated for state Senate, [373];
faithful to Weed, [379];
presides at anti-masonic con., [393];
weakens after defeat, [397];
Weed on, [397];
Seward on, [397], note;
leaves Anti-Masons, [398];
others follow, [399];
withdraws from politics, ii. [38];
loses chance of being Vice President and President, [40].
Tracy, John, nominated for lt.-gov., 1832, i. [395];
renominated, 1836, ii. [11];
elected, [14];
renominated, 1838, [23];
defeated, [29].
Treaty with England, 1795, excitement over, i. [65];
Jay's opinion of, [66];
what it accomplished, [67].
Tremaine, Grenville, nominated for atty.-gen., 1877, iii. [377];
defeated, [387].
Tremaine, Lyman, Dems. nominate him for atty.-gen., 1861, iii. [21];
refused to accept, [24];
character of, [24];
addresses a Union meeting, [26];
nominated by Reps. for lt.-gov., 1862, [45], note;
defeated, [51];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1864, [90];
his leadership, [91];
on death of Wadsworth, [91];
del.-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864, [92];
president of Rep. state con., 1866, [150];
aspires to U.S. Senate, [166];
aspirant for gov., 1868, [193];
nominated for congressman-at-large, 1872, [296];
elected, [302].
Troup, Robert, in campaign, 1789, i. [42].
Trowbridge, Charles W., nominated for prison insp., 1876, iii. [339];
defeated, [350].
Tweed Ring, begins its career, iii. [176];
its leading members, [177];
first frauds in elections, [175];
its character exposed, [206];
Greeley characterises it, [207];
secures new city charter, [229];
members take places of power, [229];
loot the city treasury, startling disclosures, [246-7];
punishment of its members, [247-8];
aggregate sum stolen, [249];
amount recovered, [249].
Tweed's judges, Barnard, Cardozo, and McCunn, iii. [248];
Cardozo resigns, [248];
others impeached, [248];
McCunn dies soon after sentenced, [248];
Barnard soon follows, [248].
Tweed, William M., favours repeal of Missouri Compromise, ii. [195].
Early career of, iii. [176];
a recognised boss, [176];
manners and character, [176];
officials selected, [177];
signs of wealth, [178];
political ambition, [178];
demands at Dem. state con., 1867, [178];
vice president of Dem. nat. con., 1868, [197];
forces Hoffman's renomination for gov., 1868, [205];
his frauds, 1868, [206];
Greeley's attack, [207];
his infamous circular, [213];
evidences of his fraud in election, [215-8];
elected to state Senate, [223];
important committees, [223];
plunders through tax-levies, [224];
Reps. aid him, [225];
gets majority in Senate, [227];
controls the state, [227];
leader of state Democracy, [228];
his city charter passed, [229];
its character, [228-9];
enormous bribery, [229];
takes position of most power, [229];
loots the city treasury, [229];
controls Dem. state con., 1870, [230];
Nast's cartoons, [242], [245];
lavish campaign expenses, [243];
personal extravagance, [244];
purchases control of Assembly, 1871, [245];
scheme to widen Broadway, [244];
viaduct railway, [244];
offers bribes to prevent exposure, [245];
punishment and death, [246-8];
controls Dem. state con., 1871, [269];
"Let's stop those damned pictures," [274].
Twombly, Horatio N., del. to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. [296].
Tyler, John nominated for Vice President, ii. [40];
nobody else would take it, [40];
becomes President, [47];
turns against the Whigs, [47-8].
Ullman, Daniel, nominated for gov., 1854, ii. [202];
career of, [202];
defeated, [204].
Union College, founded by Joseph C. Yates, i. [249];
Seward, an alumnus of, [379].
Union League Clubs, organisation, iii. [59] and note;
Seward's praise of, [59];
Brady's work in, [59];
Van Buren's loyalty exhibited, [59];
Seymour not a member of, [61].
Union League Club of New York, iii. [59];
when organised, [59], note;
investigates fraud, 1868, [215].
Union Square war meeting, 1861, iii. [5].
United States Bank, incorporation of, i. [186];
Clinton defeats extension of charter, [186];
the great issue, 1832, [392];
preferred to compromise than fight Jackson, [393];
Webster and Clay objected, [393];
Congress extends charter, [393];
Jackson vetoes it, [393];
creates fear of panic, [400].
United States Senate. See [Senate, United States].
United States senators. See [Senators, United States].
Utica Republican, established by Conkling, 1877, iii. [385];
its aggressive character, [385], note;
publication discontinued, 1879, [397].
Vallandigham, Clement L., arrest of, iii. [64];
banished to Southern Confederacy, [64];
Lincoln's letter, [66];
dangerous precedent, [66].
Van Buren, John, son of Martin Van Buren, ii. [128];
career and gifts of, [128-30];
leading Free-soiler, [128], [129], [141];
reason for, [129];
Lord on, [128];
Wilson on, [130];
Seymour afraid of, [130];
style of oratory, [130];
at Utica con., [131];
appearance of, [141];
avenged his father's wrongs, [144];
compared to Seymour, [150];
opposed Seymour for nomination, [172-3];
supports him for gov., 1852, [177];
advocates popular sovereignty, [250];
opens way for Douglas, 1860, [250].
Favours Dix for gov., 1862, iii. [37], [48];
supports Seymour, [48];
humour of, [48];
Tribune criticises, [48], [49];
loyalty exhibited, [59];
in campaign, 1864, [123];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1865, [129];
stigmatises Seymour, [134];
defeated, [135];
death, [135], note.
Van Buren, John D., member of Tilden's canal com., 1875, iii. [323];
nominated for state eng., 1874, [326];
elected, [331].
Van Buren, Martin, supports DeWitt Clinton for President, i. [206], [208];
career, gifts, and character of, [206-10];
compared with Clinton, [208];
deserts Clinton, [212];
energy in war of 1812, [232];
made atty.-gen., [232];
opposed by Spencer, [232];
opposes Spencer, [233];
cunning support of Tompkins, [240];
disturbed over Clinton's action, [247];
adroit opposition, [248];
outwitted by Spencer, [250];
ludicrous picture of, [250];
urges building of canal, [251];
makes war on Clinton, [255];
sneers of Elisha Williams, [255];
Fellows-Allen case, [256];
drives Clinton to bolt, [257-60];
deprives Clinton of patronage, [260-1];
silences opposition to canal, [261-2];
prevents Spencer's nomination to U.S. Senate, [266-7];
favours re-election of King, [268];
reason for bold stand, [268-9];
removed as atty.-gen., [273];
an "arch scoundrel," [273];
calls Clintonians "political blacklegs," [274];
effort to prevent Tompkins' nomination, [275-8];
Tompkins' war accounts, [276];
confident of Tompkins' election, [281];
dismissal of postmasters, [285];
the "prince of villains," [286];
elected to U.S. Senate, [286];
Clinton's vituperative allusions to, [286], note;
selects Talcott, Marcy, and Butler, [291-3];
conspicuous work in constitutional con., 1821, [299-310];
Crawford for President, [324];
outwitted by Weed, [339-40];
weakened by Young's and Crawford's defeat, [344];
non-committalism, [345-6], note;
methods of Burr, [346];
joins Clinton in support of Jackson, [346];
conciliatory policy toward Clinton, [347];
opposes Adams' administration, [348];
a leader in U.S. Senate, [349];
parliamentary debates, [349-50], [365];
organiser of modern Dem. party, [350], [365];
John Q. Adams on, [350];
equivocal support of Rochester, [352];
re-elected to U.S. Senate, [353];
Parton on, [353];
Jackson on, [353];
nominated for gov., 1828, [364], [367];
cleverly divides opponents, [364-5];
appearance at church, [365];
puts Throop on ticket, [365];
acting gov. Pitcher, [366];
strong friends, [367];
elected, [368];
seventy days a gov., [383];
insincerity of, [383];
sec. of state, [383];
a politician's face, [384];
resigns from Cabinet, [387];
minister to England, [387];
rejected by Senate, [387-9];
spoilsman, [389], note;
on his rejection, [389-90];
friends indignant, [390];
nominated for Vice President, [391];
tendered reception, [391];
elected, [397].
Dix's devotion to, ii. [4];
Crockett's life of, [4];
opponents of, [4];
Calhoun on, [4];
nominated for President, [4-5];
attitude toward slavery, [5], [10], [11];
elected, [14];
moral courage of, [41];
fearless statesman, [41];
renominated for President, [41];
sub-treasury scheme, [41-2];
defeat of, [43-5];
retirement to Lindenwald, [46], [74];
Texas question, [65-9];
Hammet letter, [66-7];
Southern hostility, [70];
two-thirds rule, [71], note;
defeated at Baltimore, [71-5];
friends proscribed, [94];
a Barnburner, [127];
nominated for President at Utica, 1848, [131];
endorsed by Buffalo con., [133];
Webster's pun, [133];
Sumner on, [133];
defeated, [143-4];
supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, [177];
criticised by Southern press, iii. [10].
Van Cortlandt, James, in first constitutional con., i. [5].
Van Cortlandt, John, in first constitutional con., i.

[5].
Van Cortlandt, Philip, in first constitutional con., i. [5].
Van Cortlandt, Pierre, renominated for lt.-gov., 1792, i. [51];
supports DeWitt Clinton for President, [202].
Van Cott, Joshua M., nominated for atty.-gen., 1867, iii. [174];
defeated, [188];
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1878, iii. [392], note;
defeated, [397].
Van Ness, William P., on Livingston's defeat, i. [83];
with Burr in Albany, [103];
practises deception, [103];
on Ambrose Spencer, [117];
on the Council's treatment of Burr, [119];
as "Aristides," [123-6];
law teacher of Van Buren, [207].
Van Ness, William W., gifts and character of, i. [153];
leads Federalists against Clinton, [154];
elected judge of Supreme Court, [157];
mentioned for gov., [236];
supports Clinton for gov., 1817, [248];
asks Kent to stand for U.S. Senate, [268];
charged with hypocrisy, [268];
retires from Supreme Court, [323];
early death of, [323].
Van Rensselaer, Jacob R., character and career of, i. [248];
supports Clinton for gov., 1817, [248].
Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, lt.-gov., i. [180].
Van Rensselaer, Solomon, adj.-gen., i. [287];
summary removal from office, [287];
service at Queenstown Heights, [293].
Van Rensselaer, Stephen, candidate for lt.-gov., 1798, i. [82];
character and family of, [82];
candidate for gov., 1801, [115];
defeated, [115];
nominated for gov. by Federalists, [213];
record as a soldier, [214];
Jefferson's opinion of, [214];
in command at Queenstown Heights, [222];
failure of, [222];
resigns command, [222];
family and career of, [341];
brother-in-law of Hamilton, [342];
established Troy Polytechnical Institute, [342];
in election of John Quincy Adams, [343];
importance of his action, [343].
Van Vechten, Abraham, gifts and character of, i. [168-9];
refused a Supreme Court judgeship, [169];
assails embargo, [169];
becomes atty.-gen., [172];
removed, [179];
opposes State Bank, [188];
work in constitutional con. of 1821, [303].
Van Wyck, Charles H., ch'm. Rep. state con., 1866, iii. [150];
speech censored, [150];
aspires to be gov., 1868, [193];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1870, [235].
Verplanck, Gulian C., gifts and career of, i. [400];
Whig candidate for mayor of New York, 1834, [400];
defeated, [401].
Wadsworth, James, native of Connecticut, ii. [235];
graduate of Yale, [235];
early settler in Genesee Valley, [235];
duel with Kane, [235-6];
interested in schools, [235];
wealthy and generous, [235];
averse to holding public office, [235].
Wadsworth, James S., son of James, ii. [236];
graduate of Yale, [236];
studied law with Webster, [236];
gifts of, [236];
appearance of, [236];
a Barnburner, [236];
ambitious to be gov., [236];
beaten by Weed, [235-6];
defeated for U.S. Senate, [244];
at peace congress, [350].
Member of Union Defence com., 1861, iii. [8];
aide on McDowell's staff, [8];
made brigadier-general, [8];
thought available for gov., [42];
war service, [42];
duties as a major-general, [42];
character, [43];
generosity, [43];
political strength, [43];
opposed by Weed, Seward, and Raymond, [43];
nominated for gov., 1862, [45];
criticised, [46], [48];
makes one speech, [50];
defeated, [51];
reasons for it, [51];
killed in battle of Wilderness, [91];
his defeat for gov. resented, [91];
his supporters control Rep. state con., 1864, [91].
Wadsworth, James W., nominated for state comp., 1879, iii. [416];
elected, [427];
name presented for gov., 1882, [492];
his alleged dels. used to defeat Cornell, [494].
Wagner, George, nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii. [314];
elected, [319].
Wakeman, Abraham, president Rep. state con., 1863, iii. [74];
postmaster at New York, [74], note.
Wales, Salem H., nominated for mayor of New York, 1874, iii. [314];
defeated, [319].
Walruth, Christopher A., nominated for canal com., 1874, iii. [326];
elected, [331].
Walworth, Reuben H., appointed chancellor, i. [366];
nominated for gov., ii. [134];
career of, [134];
at Democratic state peace con., [355].
Ward, Hamilton, at Rep. state con., 1871, iii. [261];
services and character, [261];
proposes a compromise, [261];
crushed by Conkling, [263];
nominated for atty.-gen., 1879, [416];
elected, [427].
Ward, Henry Dana, editor Anti-Masonic-Review, i. [370].
War of 1812, declared, i. [221];
Federalists refused to support, [220];
soldiers poorly equipped, [220];
Dearborn commands on Canadian border, [221];
failure of plans, [222];
offers to resign, [222];
cowardice and loss at Queenstown Heights, [222];
valour of Scott, [223];
Armstrong's plans, [223];
valour of Jacob Brown, [223];
battle at York, [223];
dismal failures, [223];
Wilkinson relieves Dearborn, [223];
Hampton ordered to Plattsburgh, [224];
complete failure of plans, [224];
Buffalo burned and Fort Niagara captured, [224];
quarrels of generals and secretary of war, [224];
Perry's victory, [225];
Brown in command, [225];
character and career of, [225-6];
Scott promoted, [225];
battles at Chippewa, Lundy's Lane, Fort Erie, and Plattsburgh, [226];
brilliant leadership, [227];
Federalists talk of disunion, [227];
Washington captured and banks suspend specie payments, [227];
Hartford con. favours New England confederacy, [228];
alarming condition of affairs, [229];
battle of New Orleans, [229];
treaty of peace, [229];
valour of troops, [230].
Warren, Joseph, Buffalo Courier, iii. [201];
urges Seymour to accept nomination, 1868, [201];
secures Church's consent to run for gov., 1874, [312];
hot shot at Kelly, [313];
a leading Dem. editor, [420].
Washington, George, on independence, i. [2];
not desired, [2];
on Schuyler, [18];
on George Clinton, [22], [36];
on Hamilton, [26];
inauguration of, [44];
appoints Jay chief justice of U.S. Supreme Court, [114];
on inland navigation in New York, [241].
Watson, James, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i. [50];
elected to U.S. Senate, [70];
service and character of, [71].
Webb, James Watson, leaves Jackson party, 1832, i. [393];
editor of Courier and Enquirer, [393].
Career of, ii. [161-2];
duel with Marshall, [161];
challenges Cilley, [161];
appearance of, [161];
unites Courier with Enquirer, [162];
supports the Silver-Grays, [162];
defeated for minister to Austria, [162];
candidate for U.S. Senate, [161-2];
endorses Weed's compromise, [337].
Webster, Daniel, on Philip Schuyler, i. [18];
teller at John Q. Adams' election, [343];
defeats Van Buren, [387];
United States Bank, [393].
Weed, Joel, father of Thurlow, i. [317];
could not make a living, [317];
moved five times in ten years, [317].
Weed, Smith M., dispatches sent from South Carolina, 1876, iii. [351].
Weed, Thurlow, on Albany Regency, i. [294];
career, character, and gifts of, [317-19];
precocious, [318];
friends of best people, [318];
love match, [319];
slow in getting established, [319];
helped Southwick, 1822, [319];
supports Adams, 1824, [324];
opposes Clinton's removal, [328];
sleepless and tireless worker, [338];
united friends of Clay and Adams, [338-9];
well kept secret, [339];
Van Buren hit, [340], [344];
kept faith, [340-1];
predicts Granger's defeat, [368];
accepted leader against Van Buren, [369-70];
founded Anti-Masonic Enquirer, [370];
a born fighter, [371];
investigates crime of 1826, [370];
selects able lieutenants, [371];
incident of his poverty, [373];
founds Evening Journal, [374];
pungent paragraphs, [374], note;
met Croswell in boyhood, [374];
rival editors estranged, [375];
Croswell seeks aid of, [375];
growth of the Journal, [375];
"the Marcy patch," [395];
opposed to the United States Bank, [396], note;
organisation of Whig party, [394-401];
favours Seward for gov., 1834, [401].
On Democratic organisation, ii. [2];
Seward for gov., 1838, [19-21];
Fellows-Allen case, [22];
Seward's election, [29];
Dictator, [31-3], [36-8];
creates trouble, [38-9];
carries state Senate, [39];
made state printer, [39];
supports Harrison, [40];
unhappy, 1844, [84-5];
Clay's Alabama letter, [87-8];
opposed to Young for gov., [118];
for Taylor, 1848, [135-7];
breaks with Fillmore, [148];
assails Castle Garden meeting, [157];
defeats Fillmore, [166-7];
favours Scott, [166-7];
Scott's defeat, [178-9];
Greeley's appeal to, for gov., [198], note;
opposed to a Rep. party, 1854, [200];
at birth of party, 1855, [213];
criticised for delaying it, [219-21];
Seward and the Presidency, [229-32];
controlled election of U.S. senator, 1857, [243-5];
at Chicago con., [283];
Bowles on, [283];
offered Lane money to carry Indiana, [287], note;
weeps over Seward's defeat, [291];
returns Greeley's letter of 1854, [311];
denies seeing it, [318], [323];
replies to it, [318-23];
predicts Lincoln's election, [332];
proposed compromise, [336-44];
Greeley opposed, [343];
Lincoln opposed, [344];
work as a boss, [362];
relations with Lincoln, [362];
opposed Greeley for U.S. Senate, [363-5];
strained relations with Harris, [366];
Barney's appointment, [390-7].
Criticised by Southern press, 1861, iii. [10];
proposed conduct of the war, [14];
names Dix for gov., 1862, [37];
return from London, [41];
view of emancipation, [42];
pushes Morgan for U.S. Senate, [56];
controls canal patronage, [56];
withdraws from Evening Journal, [56];
did not return to Rochester, [57];
No. 12 Astor House, [58];
his services, [58];
his patriotism, [58];
cradle of "Amens," [58];
takes message from Lincoln to Seymour, [62];
resents retention of Barney, [85];
Lincoln sends for him, [86];
plan for peace, [86];
continues slavery, [86];
rejected by Lincoln, [87];
Barney to be removed, [87];
influence lessened, [89], [90];
beaten in Rep. state con., 1864, [91];
favours nomination of Grant, [93];
fickle support of the Vice President, [94];
Lincoln ignores his wishes, [97];
writes Seward of hopeless outlook, 1864, [104];
fails to defeat Greeley, 1864, [117];
supports Johnson, [130];
manages Saratoga con., 1866, [144];
also Philadelphia con., 1866, [144];
favours Dix for gov., 1866, [155];
surprised by Pierrepont's change, [159];
supports Hoffman, 1866, [161];
complains of President's action, [162];
favours Grant, 1868, [190];
opposes Fenton, 1869, [192];
influence of his absence, [222];
declines to head electoral ticket, 1872, [296];
suggests name of Douglass, [296], note;
favours greenbacks, [390];
fails to attend Rep. state con., 1878, because of feebleness, [412].
Wendell, Nathan D., nominated for state treas., iii. [416];
elected, [427].
West, DeWitt C., strong supporter of Tam., iii. [383].
Wheaton, Henry, supports Adams, 1824, i. [324];
gifts and career of, [324-5];
edited National Advocate, [324];
leader in People's party, [324];
Clinton's dislike of, [330], note.
Wheeler, William A., career and character, iii. [335];
nominated for Vice President, 1876, [335-6];
declared elected, [350];
declined to run for ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1879, [413];
not a fighter, [413], note;
presented for U.S. senator, 1881, [467].
Whig party, formed, 1834, i. [399];
name first used, [399];
opponents of, [399];
Webster on, [401];
its first campaign, [399-401];
first state con., [401];
Seward its first candidate for gov., [401];
hot campaign, [402-4];
defeated, [404].
Without a national platform, 1840, ii. [40];
log cabin campaign, [43-5];
its humiliation, [47-54];
defeated by Clay's letter, 1844, [89];
divided into Radicals and Conservatives, [116];
elects Young gov., [120];
carries state, 1847, [127];
without platform, 1848, [138];
carries state, 1848, [143];
elects Seward U.S. senator, [145-7];
elects state officers, 1849, [150];
approves higher law speech, [153-5];
nominated Hunt for gov., 1850, [154];
Silver-Grays secede, [155];
Hunt elected, [158];
avoids slavery issue, 1851, [163-5];
loses state, [165];
Greeley on, [165-6];
Fish on, [166];
defeated, 1852, [179];
carries state, 1853, [189];
Clark nominated for gov., [199];
elected, [203];
unites with Anti-Nebraska Dems., [194];
see [Rep. party].
Whig platform, 1852, Greeley on, ii. [175];
Seward on, [175].
Whigs, during Revolution, i. [24];
moderate and ultra, [24].
White, Andrew D., about Ira Harris, iii. [166];
presents Conkling's name for U.S. senator, [170];
about Seward, [213];
writes of election frauds, 1868, [215];
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1871, [258-9];
criticism of, [239-60] and note.
White, Hugh L., candidate of Southern Whigs, 1836, ii. [11].
Whitney, William C., an organiser of County Democracy, iii. [483].
Whittlesey, Frederick, editor, Rochester Republican, i. [370];
strong Anti-Mason, [370];
confidence in Weed, [375].
Wickham, William H., nominated for mayor of New York, 1874, iii. [314];
character, [314], note;
elected, [319].
Wide-awakes, marching body of young men, 1860, ii. [328];
their great number, [328].
Wilkin, James W., defeated for U.S. senator, i. [211];
result of a bargain, [211-2].
Wilkin, Samuel J., nominated for lt.-gov., ii. [80];
character and career of, [80];
defeated, [89].
Wilkinson, James, commands on Canadian border, i. [223];
career and character of, [223-4];
fails, quarrels, and retires in disgrace, [225].
Willers, Diedrich, nominated for sec. of state, 1871, iii. [273];
defeated, [275];
renominated, 1873, [308];
elected, [309].
Willet, Marinus, member first constitutional con., i. [5];

supports Burr, 1804, [138];
appointed mayor New York, [155];
army service, [155], [184-5];
removed from mayoralty, [165];
nominated for lt.-gov., [184];
defeated, [185];
opposed Jackson for President, [357];
presides at meeting, [357].
Williams, Elisha, gifts and career of, i. [207];
sneers at Van Buren, [255];
opposes Tompkins' accounts, [276];
member of constitutional con., 1821, [298];
nominated for Assembly, 1827, [358].
Williams, Robert, in Council, i. [171];
known as Judas Iscariot, [172].
Williams, William, nominated for State treasurer, 1861, iii. [24], note;
defeated, [29].
Willman, Andreas, nominated for prison insp., 1862, iii. [45], note;
defeated, [51].
Wilmot, David, ch'm. Chicago con., 1860, ii. [282].
Wilmot Proviso, supported by Preston King, ii. [102];
the issue presented, [126], note;
voted down by Whig Nat. con., 1848, [138].
Winans, Orange S., votes with Tweed, iii. [245];
unfortunate bargain, [245], note.
Wirt, William, Anti-Mason candidate for President, 1832, i. [398].
Wood, Benjamin, N.Y. News, conspicuous as an editor, iii. [420].
Wood, Fernando, ambitious to be candidate for gov., ii. [223];
character of, [323-4];
early career of, [233], note;
withdraws from Dem. state con., [249];
captures state con., [257];
a bold trick, [257];
at Charleston con., [270];
goes with South, [270];
advocates secession of New York City, [348];
Greeley on, [348-9].
Speech at Union Square meeting, iii. [6];
defeated for mayor, 1861, [30];
refused admission to Dem. state con., 1864, [101];
calls a peace con., 1864, [106];
Richmond humiliates, [106];
death of, [107].
Wood, Julius, tells Seward of Greeley's hostility, ii. [284], note.
Woodford, Stewart L., character and services, iii. [152];
his eloquence, [152];
nominated for lt.-gov., 1866, [152];
elected, [165];
suggested for gov., 1868, [193];
nominated for gov., 1870, [238];
defeated, [244];
presents Conkling's name for President, 1876, [335];
brilliant speech, [335];
New York presents him for Vice-President, 1876, [335];
defeated, [336];
work in campaign, 1878, [396];
interview with Conkling, 1880, [443];
presents Arthur for Vice-President, 1880, [444];
reappointed U.S. atty., [469].
Woodin, William B., opposes Cornell for lt.-gov., 1876, iii. [338];
at Rep. state con., 1880, [434];
advocates independence of dels., [434], [436];
agreed to support instructions of state con., [434];
appearance and character, [436];
avoids obeying instructions, [437];
severely criticised, [437].
Woodruff, Lewis B., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii. [226];
defeated, [227].
Woodworth, John, defeated for Supreme Court, i. [156];
defeated for U.S. senator, [156];
removed as atty.-gen., [165];
Spencer favours restoration, [232];
opposed by Tompkins, [232].
Wool, John E., at peace congress, ii. [350].
Worth, Gorham A., banker, i. [318];
early friend of Weed, [318];
character of, [318].
Wortman, Teunis, bitter opponent of DeWitt Clinton, i. [181].
Wright, Silas, member of Albany Regency, i. [294], [384];
appointed comp., [383];
appearance and gifts of, [384];
career of, [384-5];
holder of many offices, [385];
knowledge of the tariff, [385].
In U.S. Senate, ii. [1];
writes for Argus, [2];
attitude toward slavery, [11];
re-elected to U.S. Senate, [65];
declines nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, [73];
declines nomination for Vice-President, [73];
nominated for gov., [76-8];
compared with Fillmore, [80-1];
elected, [89];
approves constitutional con., [100];
vetoes canal appropriation, [101];
bitterness against, [114-5];
renominated for gov., 1846, [116];
refused to pardon Anti-Renters, [119];
defeated, [120];
reasons for, [121-3];
retirement to farm, [123-4];
death of, [124].
Wright, William B., candidate for judge of Court of Appeals, 1861, iii. [23], note;
elected, [29].
Wright, William W., nominated for canal com., 1861, iii. [21], note;
defeated, [29];
renominated, 1866, [159];
defeated, [165];
renominated, 1869, [226];
elected, [227].
Wyandotte constitution, see [Kansas].
Yancey, William L., at Charleston con., ii. [273].
Yates, Abraham, in first constitutional con., i. [5].
Yates, John Van Ness, appointed recorder at Albany, i. [179];
gifts and character, [257];
sec. of state, [321];
nephew of gov., [321];
on election of presidential electors, [325].
Yates, Joseph G., family, career, and character, i. [248-9];
founder of Union College, [249];
asked to stand for U.S. senate, [268];
on Tompkins, [279];
nominated for gov., 1822, [312-3];
opposed by Southwick, [316];
elected, [320];
nepotism and ingratitude of, [321-2];
opposes election of presidential electors, [323];
a political dodge, [325];
beaten by the Regency, [327];
revenge of, [330];
retirement of, [331].
Yates, Richard, in first constitutional con., i. [5].
Yates, Robert, member first constitutional con., i. [5];
delegate to amend Articles of Confederation, [29];
his fitness, [30];
first choice of Clinton, [30];
withdraws from con., [30];
refuses to sign Federal Constitution, [31];
in Poughkeepsie con., [33];
nominated for gov., [38];
Hamilton on nomination of, [38-9];
his character, career, and ability, [40-2];
Burr's friendship for, [43];
defeated for gov., [44];
appointed chief justice, [45];
nominated for gov., [64];
retires from Supreme Court, [68].
Young, John, member of Assembly, ii. [95];
career and character, [95-6];
gifts of, [96-7];
sudden rise to power, [96-7];
contest over fourth constitutional con., [97-101];
Seymour and, [99];
triumph of, [99-100];
carries canal appropriation, [100];
nominated for gov., 1846, [118];
Weed unfriendly to, [118];
agreed to pardon Anti-Renters, [118];
course on Mexican war, [119];
elected gov., [120];
aspirant for Vice-Presidency, 1848, [137];
loss of prestige, [139];
death of, [139].
Young, Samuel, speaker of Assembly, i. [232];
failed to become sec. of state, [233];
dislike of Clinton, [251-2];
quarrels with Van Buren, [254];
Clinton refuses to recognise, [254];
makes war on Clinton, [255];
candidate for U.S. senate, [263];
gifts and eloquence of, [265];
failed in caucus, [266-7];
number of votes received, [267];
in constitutional con., 1821, [299-310];
ambitious to be gov., 1822, [313];
bitterness over Yates' nomination, [314];
supports Clay, 1824, [324];
nominated for gov., 1824, [327];
great fight with Clinton, [332];
defeated, [333];
later career of, [333];
adheres to Jackson party, [394].
Sec. of state, ii. [52];
at Baltimore con., [72];
defeated for sec. of state, [92];
attack on Hunkers, [104];
at Utica con., [131];
death of, [157];
Greeley on, [158].
Younglove, Truman G., elected speaker of Assembly, iii. [220];
a Fenton lieutenant, [220];
fails to announce committees, [222];
becomes "a political corpse," [222];
ch'm. Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, [296].