elected,125;renominated, 1866,151;opposed by formidable combination,165;Seward predicted his defeat,166;elected,165;acceptability of,192;aspires to vice presidency, 1868,192;defeated,193;candidate for U.S. Senate, 1869,220;strength and popularity,220;charged with graft,221;elected,222;influence with Grant,232;relations severed,232;opposes Murphy's confirmation, 1870,235;contest with Conkling,234-5;renewed at Rep. state con., 1870,235;overconfident,236;defeated,236;inactive in campaign,241;his organisation crushed, 1871,250-63;its representatives secede from con., 1871,264;assemble as a separate body,264;joins Lib. Rep. movement,283;first to appear at nat. con.,283;organises for Greeley's nomination,283;attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872,296;on com. to confer with Dems.,296;ready to support Church for gov., 1874,312.Field, David D., a Barnburner, ii.131;at Utica con.,131;family of,244;code of civil procedure,244;candidate for U.S. Senate,244;defeated,244;delegate to peace congress,350;on com. on res.,358;opposed change in constitution,359;controversy over,359.Support for U.S. Senate, 1863, iii.55;prefers another candidate than Lincoln for President,104.Field, Maunsell B., Chase desires him for asst. U.S. treas., iii.95;leads to Chase's resignation,96.Fillmore, Millard, youth and career of, i.371;a Weed lieutenant,372;less faithful than Seward to Weed,379.Defeated for U.S. Senate, ii.38;nominated for gov., 1844,79-80;compared with Wright,80-1;confident of election,88;defeated,89;elected state comp.,127;nominated for Vice President, 1848,137-8;elected,143;breaks with Weed,148;becomes President,151;approves the fugitive slave law,151-2;opposes Seward's indorsement,153;Fish on,166;not nominated for President,166-8;career after defeat,168-9;nominated for President by Americans,238;indorsed by old-line Whigs,238;condemned Rep. party,238;defeated,242;helped Buchanan's election,242;criticised by Southern press, iii.10.Financial crisis, cause of, 1837, ii.16-20.Finch, Francis M., nominated judge of Court of Appeals, 1881, iii.485;elected,486.Fish, Hamilton, nominated for lt.-gov., 1846, ii.118;defeated,120;elected lt.-gov., 1847,128;nominated for gov., 1848,139;popularity of,139;career of,140;elected gov.,144;elected U.S. senator,162;on Fillmore,166;relations with Conkling,243;not returned to U.S. Senate,243;approves Weed's compromise,338;attends Saratoga con., 1866, iii.144.Fish, Nicholas, nominated for lt.-gov., i.173;father of Hamilton Fish,173;character of,173;popularity of,185;defeated for lt.-gov.,185.Fitch, Charles E., editor of RochesterDemocrat-Chronicle, iii.376;character as a writer,376;deprecates Conkling's attack on Curtis,376;Conkling's retort,376;a leading Rep. editor,414.Flagg, Azariah, member of Albany Regency, i.294;member of Assembly,325;career and character of,326;appearance,326;opposes election of presidential electors,326;insists on Yates' renomination,326.Comp. of state, ii.52;leader of Radicals,58;against Seymour for speaker,90;re-elected comp.,92.Flower, Roswell P., presented for gov., 1882, iii.488;early career,488-9;supported by anti-Tilden leaders,489;distrusted by Manning,489;associated with Jay Gould,489;contest with Slocum,491;defeated,496.Folger, Charles G., character of, iii.77;approves emancipation,77;favours postponing Rep. nat. con., 1864,88;aspires to the U.S. Senate, 1867,166;nominated for chief judge of Court of Appeals, 1880,460;elected,463;appointed sec. of treas., 1881,486;nominated for gov., 1882,494;bad methods used,495;not suspected of complicity,496;advised to decline,496;dissuaded by Stalwarts,496;pathetic appeal,497;pure and useful life crushed by defeat,498.Foote, Ebenezer, resents methods of Council, i.120-1;character of,120;Ambrose Spencer on,120.Ford, Elijah, nominated for lt.-gov. by the Hards, ii.203;ran ahead of ticket,203.Forrest, David P., nominated for prison insp., 1864, iii.117;elected,125.Fort Niagara, captured by British, i.224;Morgan left in magazine of,359.Fort, Daniel G., nominated for state treas., 1873, iii.308;defeated,309.Fort Sumter, relief of, iii.1;bombardment,2;surrender of,3.Foster, Henry A., character of, ii.53;leading conservative,59;president of State Senate,59;formidable in debate,63.Foster, John W., opinion of Jay's treaty of 1795, i.67.Foster, William Edward, BuffaloCommercial, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.Fowler, Isaac V., defalcation as postmaster, ii.352, note.Fowler, John Walker, brother of Isaac V., absconds with trust funds, ii.352, note.France, threatens war, i.81-2;preparations to resist by the United States,83-4.Francis, John M., TroyTimes, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.Franklin, Walter, father of DeWitt Clinton's wife, i.183.Free-soil Movement, principles proclaimed, ii.127;seeBarnburners.Fremont, John C., nominated for President, ii.228-9;defeated,241;nominated for President at Cleveland con., 1864, iii.92;withdraws,120.French, Stephen B., a friend of Arthur, iii.493;efforts to defeat Cornell's renomination,493;obtains proxy by unmoral methods,493, note;principal cause of Folger's defeat,498.Fry, James B., account of New York draft-riot, iii.69;influence of Seymour,69;dilatoriness of Seymour,70;draft completed,71.Frye, William P., U.S. senator from Maine, iii.471;on Robertson's appointment,471;on Conkling's resignation,478, note.Fuller, Philo C., career and character of, i.371;a Weed lieutenant,371;clerk in Wadsworth's office,371.Fulton, Robert, history of steam navigation, i.74-7;associated with R.R. Livingston,77.Furman, Gabriel, nominated for lt.-gov., 1842, ii.52;character of,52;defeated,55.Fusion ticket, 1860, ii.331-2;money given for it,332-3.Gallagher, Frank B., nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii.159;defeated,165.Ganson, John, delegate to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii.108.Gardiner, Addison, nominated for lt.-gov., ii.78;career and character of,78,233;Weed's friendship for,78;elected,89;renominated for lt.-gov.,116;elected,120;on Court of Appeals,128;gave way to Parker for gov.,233-4.Garfield, James A., nominated for President, 1880, iii.441;ignored by Nast,461;brands "Morey letter" a forgery,462;elected,463;invites Conkling to Mentor, 1881,468;nominates five Stalwarts,469;also Robertson for collector, Mar. 23,469;reports and theories,469-71;efforts to defeat it,473-6;resignation of Conkling and Platt, May 13,476;assassin's act, July 2,480;death deplored,485.Garrison, Cornelius K., delegate to seceding states, ii.351-2.Garrison, William Lloyd, meets Lundy, ii.5;early career of,5-10.Gates, Theodore B., nominated for state treas., 1867, iii.174;defeated,188.German, Obadiah, leader of Assembly, i.149;charges Purdy with bribery,149,190;gifts and character of,170;defends embargo,170,174;career of,170;in U.S. Senate,170;supports Clinton for President,202;becomes speaker,258-9;resents attacks on Clinton,266;manner of speaking,266.Gerrymander of legislature, iii.397-8.Gettysburg, battle of, iii.66;Seymour sends troops,66.Godkin, E.L., a vice president of Lib. Rep. meeting, iii.282;opposes Greeley's nomination and supports Grant,286.Godwin, Parke, presents platform to Rep. state con., 1862, iii.45;preferred Lincoln's withdrawal, 1864,104;a vice president at Lib. Rep. meeting, 1872,282;opposes Greeley's nomination,286;supports Grant,286.Goodsell, J. Platt, nominated for State eng., 1865, iii.130;elected,135.Gould, Jay, bondsman for Tweed, iii.247;aids in Cornell's defeat, 1882,493.Governor, candidates for,George Clinton, 1777, i.21;1780, 1783, 1786,37;1789,44;1792,50;1801,115;Robert Yates, 1789,38;1795,64;John Jay, 1792,50;1795,64;1798,82;Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1801,115;Aaron Burr, 1804,131;Morgan Lewis, 1804,136;1807,161;Daniel D. Tompkins, 1807,155;1810,173;1813,223;1816,236;1820,274;Jonas Platt, 1810,173;Stephen Van Rensselaer, 1813,213;Rufus King, 1816,236;DeWitt Clinton, 1817,250;1820,279;1824,330;1826,350;Peter B. Porter, 1817,251;Joseph G. Yates, 1822,312;Solomon Southwick, 1822,316;1828,364;Samuel Young 1824,327;William B. Rochester, 1826,350;Martin Van Buren, 1828,364;Smith Thompson, 1828,362;Enos T. Throop, 1830,376;Francis Granger, 1830,376;1832,393;William L. Marcy, 1832,394;1834,403.William L. Marcy, 1836, ii.11;1838,22;William H. Seward, 1834, i.402;1838, ii.19;1840,42;Jesse Buel, 1836,12;William C. Bouck, 1840,54;1842,54;Luther Bradish, 1842,51;Silas Wright, 1844,78;1846,115;Millard Fillmore, 1844,79;Alvan Stewart, 1844,82;John Young, 1846,118;Hamilton Fish, 1848,139;John A. Dix, 1848,133;Reuben H. Walworth, 1848,134;William L. Chaplin, 1850,156;Horatio Seymour, 1850,156;1852,172;1854,197;Washington Hunt, 1850,154;1852,173;Myron H. Clark, 1854,199;Greene C. Bronson, 1854,196;Daniel Ullman, 1854,202;Amasa J. Parker, 1856,232;1858,249;Erastus Brooks, 1856,238;John A. King, 1856,236;Edwin D. Morgan, 1858,248;1860,328;Lorenzo Burrows, 1858,249;William Kelley, 1860,326;James T. Brady, 1860,325.Horatio Seymour, Dem., 1862, iii.38;James S. Wadsworth, Rep., 1862,45;Horatio Seymour, Dem., 1864,117;Reuben E. Fenton, Rep., 1864,116;Reuben E. Fenton, Rep., 1866,150;John T. Hoffman, Dem., 1866,159;John T. Hoffman, Dem., 1868,206;John A. Griswold, Rep., 1868,195;John T. Hoffman, Dem., 1870,230;Stewart L. Woodford, Rep., 1870,238;John A. Dix, Rep., 1872,293;Francis Kernan, Dem., 1872,297;Samuel J. Tilden, Dem., 1874,313;John A. Dix, Rep., 1874,315;Myron H. Clark, Pro., 1874,316;Lucius Robinson, Dem., 1876,346;Edwin D. Morgan, Rep., 1876,338;Richard M. Griffin, Greenback, 1876,346;Albert J. Groo, Pro., 1876,346;Harris Lewis, Nat., 1879,412;John W. Mears, Pro., 1879,412;Alonzo B. Cornell, Rep., 1879,416;Lucius Robinson, Dem., 1879,424;John Kelly, Tam., 1879,424;Grover Cleveland, Dem., 1882,491;Charles J. Folger, Rep., 1882,494.Governor, stepping stone to President, i.80;compared with United States senator,364.Governor, powers under Constitution of 1777, i.10.Governors, names and service of,George Clinton, 1777-95, i.21,37,44;John Jay, 1795-1801,64,82;George Clinton, 1801-4,60,115;Morgan Lewis, 1804-7,136,161;Daniel D. Tompkins, 1807-17,155,173,223,236;DeWitt Clinton, 1817-23,250,279;Joseph G. Yates, 1823-5,312;DeWitt Clinton, 1825-8,330-350;Nathaniel Pitcher (acting), 1828-9,366;Martin Van Buren, 1829,364;Enos T. Throop, 1829-33,366,376;William L. Marcy, 1833-9,394,403.William L. Marcy, ii.11;William H. Seward, 1839-43,19,42;William C. Bouck, 1843-5,54;Silas Wright, 1845-7,78;John Young, 1847-9,118;Hamilton Fish, 1849-51,139;Washington Hunt, 1851-3,154;Horatio Seymour, 1853-5,172;Myron H. Clark, 1855-7,199;John A. King, 1857-9,236;Edwin D. Morgan, 1859-63,248,328.Horatio Seymour, 1863-5, iii.38;Reuben E. Fenton, 1865-9,116,151;John T. Hoffman, 1869-1873,205-7,230-1;John A. Dix, 1873-5,293;Samuel J. Tilden, 1875-7,313;Lucius Robinson, 1877-9,345-6;Alonzo B. Cornell, 1880-3,412-8;Grover Cleveland, 1883-5,488-91.Grace, William Russell, character of, iii.460;nominated for mayor of N.Y.,461;elected,463.Graham, Theodore V.W., removed as recorder, i.179.Granger, Francis, nominated for Assembly, i.358;Weed on,361;Seward on,361, note;