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moves Arthur's nomination, 445; on Robertson's appointment, 469.

McClellan, George B., succeeds Scott, 1861, iii. 31.

McComb, Alexander, charged with corrupt conduct, i. 54; friend of George Clinton, 54.

McDougal, Alexander, in first constitutional con., i. 5.

McGuire, Jeremiah, named as del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., iii. 452; delegation rejected, 458.

McIntosh, James, nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. 384; defeated, 387.

McIntyre, Archibald, becomes comp., i. 151; controversy with Tompkins, 276; removal of, 287-9; elected state senator, 289; 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,