career of,361;opponent of John C. Spencer,361;dress, appearance, and manners of,361, and note;defeated for nomination for gov.,368;nominated lt.-gov.,368;defeated,368;nominated for gov. by Anti-Masons, 1830,376;indorsed by Nat. Reps.,376;a great mistake,377;defeated,377;nominated for gov., 1832,393;reason for defeat,396;elected to Congress, 1834,402,404;Seward on,404.Defeated for nomination for gov., 1838, ii.19-21;continued in Congress,47;postmaster-general,154;left Congress, 1843,154;in Utica con.,153;ally of Fillmore,154;leads Silver-Grays' secession,155;delegate to peace congress,350;friendship with Weed renewed,350.Granger, Gideon, member of Madison cabinet, i.202;supports DeWitt Clinton for President,202;character and career of,202;father of Francis,360.Grant, Ulysses S., favoured for President, 1864, iii.93;gives no encouragement,93;favours Lincoln's election,120;reports upon Southern sentiment, 1865,136;unpopularity with radical Reps.,190;quarrels with Johnson,191;taken up by Reps.,191;endorsed by Rep. state con. 1868,191;nominated for President,192;elected,215;fails to carry New York,215;evidences of fraud in election,215-8;adm. criticised,276-81;renominated, 1872,292;elected,302;severely criticised,317;talk of a third term, 1874,317;his letter ends it, 1875,329;renewed on his return from abroad,428;an active candidate,428;gets fifty votes from N.Y.,441;defeated,442;the faithful,306,442.Graves, Ezra, nominated for prison insp., 1872, iii.296;elected,302;renominated, 1874,315;defeated,319.Gray, David, BuffaloCourier, a leading Dem. editor, iii.420.Greeley, Horace, edits theJeffersonian, ii.26;early career of,26;came to N.Y., 1821,26;political conditions,27;first meeting with Weed,28;gifts of,29;relations with Weed,32;failed of election to constitutional con., 1846,105;chafes under Weed's control,116;elected to Congress, 1848,138;assails Castle Garden meeting,157;at Anti-Nebraska con.,194;wants to be gov.,198;appeals to Weed,198, note;offended at Raymond's nomination,199,200;favoured a Rep. party, 1854,200;at birth of Rep. party, 1855,213;active in 1856,240;favours Douglas for U.S. senator,247;dislike of Seward,247;at Chicago con.,286;Seward and Weed think him faithful,284, note,286, note;for Bates for President,287;jubilant over Seward's defeat,289-90;reply to Raymond,308-9;demands his letter of 1854,310;publishes it,311-17;character of campaign, 1860,332;peaceable secession,335-6;"no compromise" theory,343;defeated for U.S. Senate,363-5, note;reasons for,365, note;Tribuneon,366;persistent office-seeker,366;charges Seward with favouring Weed's compromise,380,382;criticised Seward's appointments,399;as to Dickinson,398,401;relations with Lincoln not cordial,402-3.On Scott's insincerity, iii.11, note;heads radical anti-slavery sentiment,14;prayer of twenty millions,35;his force,36;contest with Bennett,36;favours Wadsworth,44;ambition for U.S. Senate, 1863,54;tries to defeat Morgan,56;Seymour's complicity in draft-riot,69;at Rep. state con., 1863,75;qualities as a party leader,75, note;susceptible to flattery,75, note;favours postponing Rep. nat. con., 1864,89;preferred Chase, Fremont, or Grant to Lincoln,89;failure of his leadership,91, note;yearns for peace, 1864,102;visits Confederates at Niagara Falls,102;authority from Lincoln,102;encourages substitution of another candidate for Lincoln,104;nominated for elector-at-large,117;elected,125;yields to an offer of office,126;favours negro suffrage,128;lion of Rep. state con., 1866,150;aspires to U.S. Senate, 1867,166;wants to be gov., 1868,193;way seems to be open,194;great applause when presented,195;received small vote,195;reasons for it,196;named for state comp., 1869,226;defeated,227;wants to be gov., 1870,237;opposed as in 1868,237;reasons for defeat,238;laments removal of Fenton men,250;resents efforts to crush his machine, 1871,251-6;attacks Conkling,257;replies to Conkling's con. speech,263-4;his organisation defeated,263;reasons for joining Lib. Reps.,281-2;suggested for President, 1872,283;opposition to,283;writes platform of party,284;nominated,285;endorsed by Dems.,289;defeated,302;pathetic ending of his life,303;buried like a conqueror,304.Green, Andrew H., appointed deputy city comp., iii.247;estimate of Tweed Ring's plunder,248.Green, Beriah, early abolitionist, ii.7.Green, George C., del. to Kelly's state con., 1880, and named as del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., iii.452;refused admission,457;part in spectacular reconciliation,458.Greenback Party, organization of, 1876, iii.346;meet at Syracuse,346;second con., 1876,346;con. of, 1877,384;smallness of its vote,389;united with labor reform party,389;issues call for a Nat. con.,389;seeNat. Green.-Lab. Reform party.Greenback Labour party, state con., Albany, 1882, iii.487.Griffin, Richard M., nominated for gov., 1876, iii.346;defeated,350.Grinnell, Moses H., at Anti-Nebraska con., ii.194;declined nomination for gov., 1856,234;career and character of,234-5;approves Weed's compromise,338.Acts as agent of the President, iii.7;urges Lincoln's renomination,88;secedes from Rep. state con., 1871,264;meets with a separate body,264.Griswold, John A., elected to Congress, iii.125;character and services of,125;changes his party,126;nominated for gov., 1868,193;defeated,215;evidences of fraud in election,215-8;declines to oppose Morgan for U.S. Senate,220.Groesbeck, William S., candidate in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii.289.Groo, Albert J., nominated for gov., 1876, iii.346;defeated,350.Gross, Ezra C., gifts of, i.358;eloquence of,358;death of,358.Grover, Martin, nominated for judge court of Appeals, 1865, iii.129;defeated,135;renominated, 1867,179;elected,187.Gumbleton, Henry A., clerk of N.Y. county, iii.418;removed from office,418.Habeas corpus, suspension of, iii.16,24,27,58.Hagner, Henry, nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii.384;defeated,387.Haight, Jacob, treas. of state, ii.36.Hale, Daniel, removed as sec. of state, i.179.Hale, Matthew, bitterly opposed third-term, iii.429."Half-breeds," title of faction in Rep. party, 1880, iii.437.Hall, A. Oakey, known as "elegant Oakey," iii.177;"without ballast,"177;good speaker,177;versifier,177;tortuous political career,177;succeeds Hoffman as mayor,177;tried and not convicted,247, note;served his term as mayor,247.Hall, Willis, atty.-gen., ii.36;character of,37.Halleck, Fitz-Greene, Tam. song, i.182.Hamilton, early life of, i.3;speech at age of seventeen,3;compared with William Pitt,3;association with Washington,25;at Yorktown,26;Washington on,26;admitted to the bar,26;defends Tories,26;opposes Clinton,26;collection of duties by Congress,27-8;at Annapolis,29;revision of Articles of Confederation,29;reasons for Clinton's opposition,29;del. to amend Articles,29;his plan,31;supports Madison's plan,31;signs Federal Constitution,31;Clinton reproves him,31;ratification of Constitution,31;eloquence and influence of,31-6;fear of disunion,35;hears from Virginia and New Hampshire,35;criticism of Clinton,36;on Robert Yates for gov.,38-40;failure of coalition,44;control of Federal patronage,44;sec. of the treasury,44;first meeting with Burr,45;opinion of Washington,46;legend as to Burr and,46;opposed by R.R. Livingston,48;reasons for it,48;defeat of Schuyler,49;Jay's nomination for gov.,50;assumption of state debts,53;Jay's renomination for gov.,65;Jay's treaty with England,65-6;assaulted by a mob,65;election of Apr., 1800,90;Alien-Sedition laws,90;meets Burr at the polls,91;courtesy of,91;style of oratory,91;Root's opinion of,91;party defeated,91;election of presidential electors,92;breaks with Adams,94;reason for,94;ugly letter opposing Adams,96;prefers Jefferson to Adams,96;great mistake,97;urges Federalists to oppose Burr,99-101;hoped DeWitt Clinton would become a Federalist,108;earnings as a lawyer,132;Spencer's estimate of,132;Root's estimate of,132;argues Croswell case,132;Kent's opinion of,132-3;prefers Lansing to Burr,133-5;Burr, a leader of secession,134;disapproves disunion,134;Lansing's withdrawal,136;Burr's challenge,139-40;an imperious custom,140-1;his defence for fighting,141;duel and death,142-3;profound sorrow,143;his career had he lived,143;charters United States Bank,186.Hammond, John, nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii.152;elected,165.Hammond, John M., nominated for canal com., 1867, iii.174;defeated,188.Hampton, Wade, in command at Plattsburgh, i.224;character and fitness of,224;failure of,224;resigns,224.Hancock, Winfield S., aspires to be President, iii.197;his training,197;nominated for President, 1880,457;defeated,463.Hards, name of Dem. faction, ii.185;successors to the Hunkers,185;why so called,185;ticket defeated, 1853,189;repeal of the Missouri Compromise,195;nominate Bronson for gov.,196;defeated,203;refused to rejoin Softs,209;stand with South,210;welcomed at Nat. con.,226-8;unite with Softs,232;hold a separate state con.,324;Brady nominated for gov.,325;defeated,333.Hard times of 1837, cause and result of, ii.16-20;Van Buren's statesmanship,41.Harris, Ira, career and character of, ii.117,390;on Supreme Court,117;in Assembly,117;in constitutional con., 1846,117;supported Young for gov.,118;elected U.S. senator,365;appearance and ability of,390;associates of,390;with Sumner and Collamer,390;question of patronage,390,396.Sustains Seward, iii.84;seeks re-election to U.S. Senate, 1867,166;wise and safe legislator,166;Lincoln's joke,166;defeated by Conkling,171;resents removal of Sumner,278.Harrison, Richard, member of Poughkeepsie con., i.33;U.S. atty.,44;ability of,44.Harrison, William Henry, candidate of northern Whigs, 1836, ii.11;nominated for President, 1840,40;elected,45.Hart, Ephraim, friend of DeWitt Clinton, i.261;defeated for canal com.,261.Harvard University, Rufus King a graduate of, i.270.Haskin, John B., in Congress, ii.339, note;disapproves Weed's compromise,339, note;del. to Kelly's state con., 1880, iii.451;proposes plank on Tilden,452.Hatch, Roswell D., member of Com. of Seventy, iii.268;activity in reform, 1871,268.Havermeyer, Henry, dispatches to, sent by Marble, 1876, iii.350.Havermeyer, William F., served two terms as mayor, iii.299;character of,299;renominated, 1872,299;elected,302;death,314;a good record,318.Hawley, Gideon, state supt. of schools, i.288;record of,288;dismissal of,288.Hayes, Rutherford B., nominated for President, 1876, iii.334;letter of acceptance,344;declared elected,350;efforts to reform civil service,360;opposition,361;advocates hard money,391;nominates successors to Arthur and Cornell, 1877,399;reasons for,399,402;Conkling's criticism of,402-3;appointees defeated,404-5;suspends Arthur and Cornell, 1878,406;reason for,406;their successors confirmed,409.Headley, Joel T., career and character of, ii.215;writer of biography,215;nominated for sec. of state,215;elected,218.Heenan, John C., "the Benicia Boy," ii.257;backs Wood in his capture of state con.,257.Henry, John V., removed from comptrollership, i.117;resents methods of Council,119;character of,119.Hepburn, A. Barton, nominated for congressman-at-large, 1882, iii.494;declined to accept,495.Hewitt, Abram S., ch'm. Dem. nat. con., 1876, iii.349;management of,349;informs Tilden of Electoral Com.,354;relied upon Davis being fifth judge,356;uses "Morey letter," 1880, with great force,462;an organiser of the County Democracy,484.