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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,