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defeated, 319.

Johnson, Andrew, becomes President, 1865, iii. 127; plan of reconstruction, 127; rejects negro suffrage, 128; endorsed by Dems., 1865, 128; and by Reps., 132; influence of Weed and Raymond, 131-2; radical Reps. hostile, 136; Stevens opposes his policy, 137; Raymond replies, 137; defeated, 141; vetoes civil rights bill, 141; bad traits, 142; ill-tempered speech, 142; Civil Rights bill passed over veto, 142; favours Philadelphia con., 1866, 142; swing around the circle, 148; removal of Rep. officials, 162; his party defeated, 166; Dems. drop him, 182; impeachment of, 190; candidate for President at Dem. nat. con., 197.

Johnson, William S., opposes Seward, ii. 147.

Johnston, Joseph E., at battle of Bull Run, iii. 12.

Jones, David R. Floyd, nominated for sec. of state, 1861, iii. 21, note; defeated, 29; candidate for lt.-gov., 1862, 41, note; elected, 51; renominated, 1864, 120; defeated, 125.

Jones, George, of N.Y. _Times_, iii. 95; approves Raymond's support of Johnson, 95; rejects Tweed's enormous bribe, 246.

Jones, Henry, nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. 130; elected, 135.

Jones, Samuel, member of Poughkeepsie con., i. 33; supports Clinton for gov., 1789, 43; Kent on, 43, note; first state comp., 70.

Jones, Samuel, son of the preceding, i. 347; appointed chancellor, 347.

Jordan, Ambrose L., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. 109; on elective judiciary, 110; gifts of, 110; atty.-gen., 128.

Junio, John J., nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. 384; defeated, 387.

Kansas, efforts in behalf of slavery, ii. 208; rifles from the North, 222; border ruffians withdraw, 223; Seward's bill to admit as State, 223; more hostilities, 223; Beecher's Bibles, 224; against Lecompton constitution, 246; action of free-state men, 262; Wyandotte constitution, 262.

Kaufman, Sigmund, nominated for lt.-gov., 1870, iii. 238; defeated, 244.

Kelley, William, nominated for gov. by Softs, 1860, ii. 326; career and character of, 326; defeated, 333; at Dem. state peace con., 354.

Kelly, John, succeeds Tweed as leader of Tam., iii. 288; appearance, 288; early career, 288; character, 288; reorganises Tam., 1871, 289; favours nomination of Greeley, 1872, 289; urges Schell for gov., 1872, 297; nominates Lawrence for mayor, 1872, 299; defeated, 302; declares for Tilden for gov., 1874, 310; blow at canal ring, 312; selects men of Tweed ring for city offices, 314; Havermeyer charges graft, 318 and note; elects Tam. ticket, 319; breaks with Morrissey, 1875, 325; his faction known as "Short-hairs," 325; ticket defeated, 1875, 331; opposes Tilden, 1876, 341-2; reunites with Morrissey, 1876, 346; his ticket elected, 350; breaks with Morrissey, 1877, 386; Morrissey elected, 389; controls state con., 1878, 392; nominates Schell for mayor, 394; badly punished by defeat, 396; gov. removes his best friend, 418; declares war on Robinson, 418, 420; charges against, 420; threatens to bolt con., 1879, 421; exhausts argument and trickery, 422-3; leaves the con., 423-4; holds one of his own, 424; accepts nomination for gov., 424; alliance with Cornell, 426; reasons for charge, 426; crushed by defeat, 427; refused admission to state con., 1880, 451; holds con. of his own, 451; fierce speech against Tilden, 452; refused admission to Nat. con., 1880, 457; cool treatment of, 458; spectacular reconciliation, 458; forces a state con., 1880, 460; controls it, 460; fools Irving Hall, 460; held responsible for Hancock's defeat, 483 and note; opponents organise County Democracy, 1881, 483-4; dels. excluded from state con., 1881, 484; holds balance of power in legislature, 1882, 487; his demands, 487, note; affiliates with Reps., 487; forces way into state con., 1882, 488; divides vote among four candidates for gov., 490; supports Cleveland in stampede, 491; joins County Democracy in local nominations, 1882, 498; city and state tickets elected, 498.

Kelly, William E., aspirant for gov., 1864, iii. 117; candidate for elector-at-large, 1864, 120; defeated, 125.

Kent, James, on Schuyler, i. 18; supports Jay, 1792, 55; personal appearance of, 55; on Supreme Court, 68; character of, 68; reforms of, 68; on Hamilton in Croswell case, 132-3; on Hamilton's future had he lived, 143; on privateering, 265; answered by Young, 265-6; asked to stand for U.S. senator, 268; in constitutional con., 1821, 298; freehold franchise, 299-300; heads electoral ticket, 1832, 393; law lectures, ii. 104; death of, 125.

Kent, William, son of the chancellor, ii. 31; calls Weed the "Dictator," 31; candidate for lt.-gov., 1852, 173; career of, 173-4; elector on fusion Dem. ticket, 1860, 326; criticised by _Tribune_, 327.

Kernan, Francis, ch'm. Dem. state con., 1861, iii. 17; views on emancipation, 17; refuses nomination for atty.-gen., 21; offices held, 21; elected to Congress, 1862, 52; del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, 108; attends Saratoga con., 1866, 144; in Nat. Dem. con., 1868, 200; advises Seymour to accept presidency, 201; shabby treatment of, 270-1; nominated for gov., 1872, 297; defeated, 302; elected to U.S. Senate, 1874, 321; advocates gold standard, 396; defeated for re-election, 1881, 468.

Keyser, Abraham, state treas., ii. 1.

King, John A., son of Rufus, i. 259; on German's election as speaker, 259; predicts division of Federal party, 259; resents Clinton's control of Federalists, 267; charges Van Ness with hypocrisy, 268; president of Anti-Nebraska con., ii. 194; at birth of Rep. party, 212; nominated for gov., 236; character and career of, 236-7; elected, 241; at peace congress, 350.

King Park, Long Island, old home of Rufus King, i. 271.

King, Preston, supports Wilmot Proviso, ii. 102, 126; career and character of, 102; a Barnburner, 131; at Utica con., 131; supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, 177; withdraws from con. of Softs, 1854, 197; at birth of Rep. party, 214; nominated for sec. of state, 214; elected U.S. senator, 243-5; disapproves Weed's compromise, 339; question of patronage, 390, 396.

Defeated for U.S. senate, 1863, iii. 54; creditable service, 54; deserted by Seward and Weed, 54; del.-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864, 92; supported Johnson for Vice-President, 94; approved Seward's removal from Cabinet, 94; early friend of President Johnson, 130; accepts collectorship of New York, 1865, 131; reconciliation with Seward, 131; suicide, 131; reasons for act, 131.

King, Rufus, U.S. senator, i. 44; referee in Clinton-Jay contest, 57; minister to England, 70; disapproves disunion, 134; spoken of for gov., 1804, 137; candidate for Vice-President, 1804, 147; candidate for Vice-President, 1808, 166; defeated, 167; opposes DeWitt Clinton for President, 202-6; re-elected U.S. senator, 211; charged with bargain, 211; nominated for gov., 1816, 236; strength of, 236; defeated, 236; doubts feasibility of Erie canal, 244; votes cast for re-election to U.S. senate, 267; resents Clinton's control of Federalists, 267; reasons for, 267; re-elected to U.S. senate, 269; courageous stand of Van Buren for, 268-70; gifts, character, and career of, 270-2; supported war of 1812, 270; opposed Missouri Compromise of 1820, 272; known as champion of freedom, 272; relations with Van Buren, 272; declines to join Bucktail party, 272; effort to prevent Tompkins' nomination, 277-9.

King's (Columbia) College, Gouverneur Morris a graduate of, i. 73.

Kinsella, Thomas, Brooklyn _Eagle_, a leading Dem. editor, iii. 420.

Kirkland, Charles S., in constitutional con., 1846, ii. 103; on elective judiciary, 109.

Kirkpatrick, Thomas, nominated for prison insp., 1871, iii. 264; elected, 275.

Knower, Benjamin, state treas., i. 294; member Albany Regency, 294; go-between of Van Buren and Clinton, 346, 348.

Know-Nothing party, see Native American party.

Labor Reform party, state con. of, 1877, iii. 384; its principles, 389; coalesces with Greenback party, 389; issues call for Nat. con., 389; see Nat.-Green.-Lab.-Reform party.

Labor Reform vote, 1870, iii. 244, note.

Ladue, Oliver, nominated for canal comr., 1862, iii. 45, note; defeated, 51.

Laflin, Fordyce, nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii. 226; elected, 227.

Laning, Albert P., character of, iii. 20; patriotic sentiments, 20; presents resolutions, 40; del. to Nat. Dem. con., 1864, 108; defeated for nomination for lt.-gov., 207; ch'm. state con., 1878, 392; rules in favour of Kelly, 393.

Lansing, Abraham G., removed as state treas., i. 165; character of, 165; restored as treas., 172.

Lansing, Garrett T., son of preceding, i. 165; removed as master in chancery, 179.

Lansing, John, Jr., del. to amend Articles of Confederation, i. 29; fitness for, 30; withdraws from con., 30; refuses to sign Federal Constitution, 31; member of Poughkeepsie con., 33; supports Clinton for gov., 1789, 43; appointed to Supreme Court, 45; story of his career, 129; made chancellor, 129; his murder, 130; selected for gov., 1804, 131; withdraws, 136; reasons for, 152-3.

Lapham, Elbridge G., nominated for U.S. senator, 1881, iii. 481; elected, 482.

Lapham, George H., nominated for state comp., 1881, iii. 484; defeated, 486.

Lawrence, Cornelius V.R., candidate for mayor of N.Y., 1834, i. 400; first year mayor was elective, 400; spirited contest, 400; elected, 401.

Lawrence, John, elected to U.S. senate, i. 70; career and character of, 70; prosecuted Major André, 70; marriage of, 70.

Lawrence, Lewis, editor of Utica _Republican_, iii. 385.

Leavenworth, Elias W., nominated for sec. of state, ii. 258.

Lecompton constitution, character of, ii. 246; Douglas on, 246; see Kansas.

Ledyard, Isaac, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i. 50.

Lester, Albert, in canal debate, ii. 63.

Lewis, Harris, nominated for gov., 1879, iii. 412; defeated, 427.

Lewis, Morgan, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i. 49; atty.-gen., 49; chief justice Supreme Court, 115; nominated for gov., 1804, 136; reasons for it, 137; career of, 136-7; powerful support, 137; elected, 138; practices nepotism, 147, 155, 156; favours Merchants' Bank, 148, 190; Clinton opposed to, 149-50; secures Council, 154; removes Clinton from mayoralty, 154-5; opposed by Tompkins, 155; renominated for gov., 161; defeated, 161; member of Council, 217; supports Riker for Supreme Court, 217; in war of 1812, 221; character as a soldier, 221; retires in disgrace, 225.

Lewis, William B., candidate for state treas., 1861, iii. 23, note; elected, 29.

L'Hommedieu, Ezra, in first constitutional con., i. 5; ridicules Livingston's steamboat, 76.

Liberal Republican party, organisation, 1872, iii. 280; calls Nat. con., 280; prominent Reps. aid movement, 280; Greeley's reasons for joining it, 281-2; nominate Greeley for President, 286; ticket endorsed by Dems., 289; defeated, 302; leaders in N.Y. return to Rep. party, 1874, 315.

Liberal Republican state conventions, 1872, Syracuse, iii. 296; 1874, Albany, 315-6; 1875, Albany, 326; 1876, Saratoga, 337; unites with Rep. state con., 1876, 337.

Lieutenant-governorship, not necessarily stepping stone to gov., i. 180.

Lincoln, Abraham, first meeting with Seward, ii. 143; defeated for nomination for Vice-President, 229; lectures in New York City, 262-4; Greeley on, 263-4; defeats Crittenden compromise, 344; Greeley's relations with, 402-3.

Orders relief of Fort Sumter, iii. 1; call for troops, 3; reply to Greeley, 35; letter to Seymour, 63; to Erastus Corning on Vallandigham, 65-6; letter to Seymour about draft, 71; letter to Rep. state con., 1863, 77-8; its influence, 79-80; relations with Seward, 84; with Weed, 85-7; veiled opposition to, 87; effort to postpone Rep. nat. con., 1864, 88-9; Radicals resent his relations with Weed and Seward, 89; renominated for President, 94; did he suggest Johnson for Vice-President, 95; ignores Weed's wishes, 97; message, Dec. 1863, 98; plan for restoration of Southern states, 98; longs for peace, 102; authority to Greeley, 102; sends Hay to Niagara Falls, 103; insists on abolition of slavery, 103; unpopularity of, 103; movement to substitute another candidate, 103-4 and note; Weed and Raymond hopeless of his election, 104-5; his iron nerve, 105; interest in N.Y. election, 125; elected, 125; assassination, 127.

Lindenwald, Van Buren's home, ii. 45-6.

Litchfield, Elisha, speaker of Assembly, ii. 59; career and character of, 59.

Littlejohn, DeWitt C., speaker of Assembly, ii. 207; declares for Seward, 207; opposes Greeley for U.S. senate, 364.

Livingston, Brockholst, brother-in-law of Jay, i. 6, 79; on U.S. Supreme Court, 6; hostility to Jay, 79; cousin of Chancellor, 116; appointed to state Supreme Court, 116.

Livingston, Charles L., speaker of Assembly, ii. 1.

Livingston, Edward, resents Alien-Sedition laws, i. 84; advised to give up Jefferson for Burr, 103; Burr thought him friendly, 103; practises deception, 103; U.S. atty., 104, 121; defaulter, 104; mayor of New York, 116; goes to New Orleans to reside, 150; sec. of state, ii. 1.

Livingston, Edward P., nominated for lt.-gov., 1830, i. 376; unpopular manners, 376; elected, 377; defeated for renomination for lt.-gov., 1832, 395.

Livingston, Gilbert, supports Clinton for gov., 1789, i. 43; his eloquence, 43.

Livingston, Maturin, son-in-law of Morgan Lewis, i. 147; appointed to office, 147; character of, 147-8; removed from office, 151; restored, 154; defeated for Supreme Court, 156; removed from office, 165.

Livingston, Peter R., hostility to DeWitt Clinton, i. 251; makes war on, 255; career and gifts of, 402; joins Whig party, 1834, 402; ch'm. of its first con., 402.

Livingston, Philip, in first constitutional con., i. 5.

Livingston, Robert R., member first constitutional con., i. 5; appointed chancellor, 16; member of Poughkeepsie con., 33; in campaign, 1789, 42; hostile to Hamilton, 47; strengthens Clinton, 47; left out in division of offices, 48; ceased to be a Federalist, 48; defeats Schuyler for U.S. senate, 49; opposes Jay, 1792, 55; steam navigation, 75-7; associated with Fulton, 77; nominated for gov., 78; hostility to Jay, 79; appearance and character of, 79; desires to be President, 80; mistakes signs of times, 81; defeated, 82; reasons for it, 83; his disposition, 83; minister to France, 115; assailed by Van Ness, 125; without ambition for further political honours, 150.

Lockwood, Daniel N., at Dem. state con., 1882, iii. 490; forceful presentation of Cleveland's name for gov., 490.

Locofocos, origin of title, ii. 16; applied to Dem. party, 16.

Loomis, Arphaxed, in constitutional con., 1846, ii. 109; character and gifts of, 110; resents war methods, 1861, iii. 18, 19.

Lord, Jarvis B., nominated for canal com., 1861, iii. 21, note; defeated, 29; renominated, 1864, 120; defeated, 125; opposes Tilden for gov., 1874, 312; exults over downfall of Tilden régime, 383.

Lott, John A., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii. 226; elected, 227.

Lowell, James Russell, declares people long for peace, 1864, iii. 101.

Ludlow, William B., opposes Union state con., 1861, iii. 15.

Ludlow, William H., chairman of Softs' con., 1854, ii. 197; defeated, 203.

Lundy, Benjamin, original abolitionist, ii. 5; career of, 5-7.

McCarthy, Dennis, presents Washburne's name for Vice-President, 1880,