his speech on La. election of 1872, his last speech in the Senate, [405], [406].

His official career ended by defeat of Greeley, [407];

defeated for reëlection by Oglesby, [407];

resumes practice of law, [407];

one of the "visiting statesmen" sent to La. to watch canvass of votes (1876), [409];

of counsel for Tilden before Electoral Commission, [409]-[411];

marries Mary Ingraham, [412];

Democratic candidate for governor of Ill. (1880), [412];

defeated by Cullom, [412];

entertains W. J. Bryan in 1893, [413];