Higgins, Frank W., promoted from lt.-gov. to gov., i.180.Hildreth, Matthias B., appointed atty.-gen., i.179;death of,213.Hill, David B., promoted from lt.-gov. to gov., i.180;ch'm. state con., 1877, iii.380;early career,381;character and ability,381;aids Tilden,381;hesitates to rule against Kelly,382;in con., 1879,420;elected lt.-gov., 1882,498.Hill, Nicholas, ability of, ii.390.Hillhouse, Thomas, nominated for state comp., 1865, iii.130;elected,135;renominated, 1867,187;defeated,187;renominated, 1869,225;withdraws from ticket,225.Hiscock, Frank, attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii.296;on com. to confer with Dems.,296;suggested for gov., 1879,414;early career and character,415.Hitchman, William, elected speaker of Assembly, 1869, iii.224;controlled by Tweed,224;re-elected, 1870,228.Hoadley, George, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii.283;opposes Greeley's nomination,283.Hobart, John Sloss, member first constitutional con., i.5;judge Supreme Court,16;at Hartford con.,28;member Poughkeepsie con.,33;retired from Supreme Court,68;elected to U.S. Senate,70.Hoffman, James O., recorder of N.Y., i.179.Hoffman, John T., life and character of, iii.156,157,164;offices held,157,177;nominated for gov., 1866,159;active in campaign,164;makes good impression,164;loyalty impeached,164;defeated,165;ch'm. Dem. state con., 1867,179;favours U.S. bonds paid in gold,180;receives complimentary votes for President, 1868,198;nominated for gov., 1868,205;Nast's cartoons,210;proclamation as mayor, 1868,214;elected,215;evidence of fraud,215-8;approves Tweed charter,229;also Erie railroad legislation,230;appoints Tweed judges to general term,230;criticised severely,230;renominated, 1870,231;Nast's cartoon on repeaters,242;attacks resented,243;elected,244;del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., 1872,287;declines to be candidate for gov., 1872,297;con. approves his administration,298;in retirement,299;death,299.Hoffman, Josiah Ogden, leads Federalists, i.61;removed as atty.-gen.,117.Hoffman, Michael, leading Radical, ii.52;career and character of,52-3;defeated for speaker,59;power in debate,63;constitutional con., 1846,97-9;in constitutional con.,103;state indebtedness,107-9;Weed on,108.Hoffman, Ogden, son of Josiah Ogden Hoffman, i.357;eloquence of,357;sent to Assembly,358;criminal lawyer,358;nominated for atty.-gen., ii.187;gifts of,188;Greeley on,188.Holley, Orville L., surveyor-general, ii.18,36.Hopkins, Nelson K., nominated for state comp., 1871, iii.264;elected,275;renominated, 1873,308;endorsed by Liberals,309;elected,309.Hoskins, George G., nominated for lt.-gov., 1879, iii.416;elected,427.Howe, Epenetus, nominated for gov., 1882, iii.487;defeated,498.Howland, Joseph, nominated for state treas., 1865, iii.130;elected,135.Hoyt, Stephen T., nominated for canal com., 1866, iii.152;elected,165;renominated, 1869,226;defeated,227.Hubbard, Ruggles, member of Council, i.231;attachment for Clinton,234;character of,235.Hudson River Valley, attracts New Englanders, i.81.Hughes, Charles, nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1862, iii.45, note;defeated,51.Hulburd, Calvin T., nominated for state comp., 1867, iii.174;defeated,188.Humphrey, James, congressman, ii.338, note;attacks Weed's compromise,338, note.Hunkers, Democratic faction so called, ii.126;leaders of,126-7;Barnburners secede from,127;lose the state, 1847,127;1848,143;Seymour unites them with Barnburners,149;nominate Seymour for gov., 1850,156;defeated,158;support Dickinson for President, 1852,169-72;support Pierce and Seymour, 1852,169-78;secede from Barnburners, 1853,180-5;nominate separate ticket,183;approve canal constitutional amendment,183;called Hardshells or Hards,185;seeHards.Hunt, Alvah, elected state treas., ii.127-8.Hunt, Ward, candidate for U.S. Senate, ii.244;brilliant career of,244.Supported for U.S. Senate, 1863, iii.55;character of,73;speech at Rep. state con., 1863,73;nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1865,130;elected,135.Hunt, Washington, on Clay's Alabama letter, ii.88;elected state comp.,150;nominated for gov., 1850,154;endorsed by Silver-Grays,156;elected,158;calls extra session of legislature,163;renominated for gov.,173;inclined to Fillmore,173;defeated,178;favours union of Rep. and American parties,249;president of Constitutional Union party,326;fuses party with Softs,326;criticised by Greeley,326-7;impaired value of fusion,327;declares intention,327.Manager, of Cons. Union con., 1863, iii.79, note;del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864,110;demands armistice and con. of states,110;candidate for elector-at-large, 1864,120;defeated,125.Huntington, George, nominated for lt.-gov., i.213.Husted, James W., character and ability, iii.258;choice of his party for speaker of Assembly,258;nominated for state treas., 1881,485;defeated,486.Hutchins, Waldo M., visits Lincoln for Greeley, iii.126, note;head of Fenton machine,220;at Rep. state con., 1871,259;joins Lib. Rep. party,283;organises Nat. con. for Greeley's nomination,283;attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872,296;on com. to confer with Dems.,296;name presented for gov., 1882,488, note.Hyer, Tom, noted pugilist, ii.281;at Chicago con. for Seward,281;leads street parade,281;fails to get into Wigwam,288.Independence, not thought of, 1774, i.2."Infected district," of anti-Masonry, western half of state, i.360.Ingersoll, Charles Jared, statement of, after war of 1812, i.230;on annexation of Texas, ii.67.Irving Hall Democracy, organised by Morrissey, 1874, iii.331;its ticket elected, 1875,331;dels. yield to Tam., 1879,421;seated after Kelly's bolt,423;fooled by Tam. in candidate for mayor, 1880,460-1;unites with Tam. and County Democracy, 1882,498;local ticket elected,499.Irving, Peter, publisher of N.Y.Chronicle, i.123;supports Burr,123,152.Ives, Benoni J., nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii.325;defeated,331.Jackson, Andrew, battle of New Orleans, i.229;favoured by Clinton for President,334-6;eulogises Clinton,336;likeness to Clinton,336;Van Buren joins Clinton in support of,346;popularity of,358;a Free Mason,361;offer to United States Bank, 1832,393;refused by Clay and Webster,393;vetoed its charter,393;the issue, 1832,393;elected,368;makes Van Buren sec. of state,383;appoints Van Buren to England,387;compels Van Buren's nomination for Vice President,391.Compels Van Buren's nomination for President, ii.4,5;confidence in Van Buren, 1844,69.Jackson, James, nominated for canal com., 1873, iii.308;elected,309.Jacobs, John C., senator from Kings county, iii.421;ch'm. Dem. con., 1879,421;named for gov.,422;declines,422;candidate for U.S. Senate, 1881,482;withdraws,482.James, Amaziah B., at peace congress, ii.350;patriotism of,359.James, Thomas L., appointed postmaster-general, 1881, iii.468;confirmed,468;tries to compromise Robertson's appointment,472.Jay, John, in first constitutional con., i.5;appointed to draft a state constitution,6;age,6;family of,6;marriage of,6;Committee of Fifty-one,6;del. to first Continental Congress,7;author of famous papers,7;Jefferson on,7;drafts constitution,7;proposed Council of Appointment,12;account of,11, note;abolition of slavery,14;withdraws from con.,14;chief justice of State Supreme Court,16;suggested for gov.,17;proposed Schuyler and Clinton for gov. and lt.-gov.,20;extreme modesty of,20;defeated for del. to constitutional con. of 1787,30;member of Poughkeepsie con.,33;mentioned for gov.,37;chief justice U.S. Supreme Court,44;nominated for gov., 1792,50;previous refusals,51;career and character of,51;buzz of presidential bee,51;denounced as an aristocrat,53;campaign abuse,53-4;opposed by the Livingstons,55;counted out,56;anger of Federalists,59-60;dignified conduct,60;renominated for gov.,64;elected,65;treaty with England,65;opposition to,65;burned in effigy,65;first term as gov.,67;dodges the slavery question,68;appoints Kent and Radcliff to Supreme Court,68;opposed for re-election by Livingston,78;re-elected,82;approves Alien-Sedition laws,85;Hamilton's plan for electing Presidential electors,92;opposes DeWitt Clinton,110;refuses to reconvene Council of Appointment,110;fails to recommend abolition of slavery,111;close of career,111-14;character of,112;crowning act of his life,112;Canada in peace treaty of 1783,112-3;declines reappointment as chief justice of U.S.,114;retires to his farm,115;favours DeWitt Clinton for President,203-5.Jay, Peter A., eldest son of John Jay, i.273;recorder of New York City,273;a thrust at high-minded Federalists,273;removed from office,287.Jefferson, Thomas, compliments Jay, i.101;opinion of Burr,105;swift removals from office,120;rewards the Livingstons,121;acts with Clinton in crushing Burr,121;opposed Burr, 1804,137;onChesapeakeaffair,163;orders embargo,163;repeals it,179;opinion of Stephen Van Rensselaer,214;on Erie canal,244.Jenkins, Elisha, reappointed sec. of state, i.179.Jenkins, Timothy, career of, ii.247;ambitious to be gov., 1858,247.Jennings, Lewis J., N.Y.Times, a leading Rep. editor, iii.414.Johnson, Alexander S., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874, iii.315;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 freestate 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,318and 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;