declares war on Robinson,418,420;charges against,420;threatens to bolt con., 1879,421;exhausts argument and trickery,422-3;leaves the con.,423-4;holds one of his own,424;accepts nomination for gov.,424;alliance with Cornell,426;reasons for charge,426;crushed by defeat,427;refused admission to state con., 1880,451;holds con. of his own,451;fierce speech against Tilden,452;refused admission to Nat. con., 1880,457;cool treatment of,458;spectacular reconciliation,458;forces a state con., 1880,460;controls it,460;fools Irving Hall,460;held responsible for Hancock's defeat,483and note;opponents organise County Democracy, 1881,483-4;dels. excluded from state con., 1881,484;holds balance of power in legislature, 1882,487;his demands,487, note;affiliates with Reps.,487;forces way into state con., 1882,488;divides vote among four candidates for gov.,490;supports Cleveland in stampede,491;joins County Democracy in local nominations, 1882,498;city and state tickets elected,498.Kelly, William E., aspirant for gov., 1864, iii.117;candidate for elector-at-large, 1864,120;defeated,125.Kent, James, on Schuyler, i.18;supports Jay, 1792,55;personal appearance of,55;on Supreme Court,68;character of,68;reforms of,68;on Hamilton in Croswell case,132-3;on Hamilton's future had he lived,143;on privateering,265;answered by Young,265-6;asked to stand for U.S. senator,268;in constitutional con., 1821,298;freehold franchise,299-300;heads electoral ticket, 1832,393;law lectures, ii.104;death of,125.Kent, William, son of the chancellor, ii.31;calls Weed the "Dictator,"31;candidate for lt.-gov., 1852,173;career of,173-4;elector on fusion Dem. ticket, 1860,326;criticised byTribune,327.Kernan, Francis, ch'm. Dem. state con., 1861, iii.17;views on emancipation,17;refuses nomination for atty.-gen.,21;offices held,21;elected to Congress, 1862,52;del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864,108;attends Saratoga con., 1866,144;in Nat. Dem. con., 1868,200;advises Seymour to accept presidency,201;shabby treatment of,270-1;nominated for gov., 1872,297;defeated,302;elected to U.S. Senate, 1874,321;advocates gold standard,396;defeated for re-election, 1881,468.Keyser, Abraham, state treas., ii.1.King, John A., son of Rufus, i.259;on German's election as speaker,259;predicts division of Federal party,259;resents Clinton's control of Federalists,267;charges Van Ness with hypocrisy,268;president of Anti-Nebraska con., ii.194;at birth of Rep. party,212;nominated for gov.,236;character and career of,236-7;elected,241;at peace congress,350.King Park, Long Island, old home of Rufus King, i.271.King, Preston, supports Wilmot Proviso, ii.102,126;career and character of,102;a Barnburner,131;at Utica con.,131;supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852,177;withdraws from con. of Softs, 1854,197;at birth of Rep. party,214;nominated for sec. of state,214;elected U.S. senator,243-5;disapproves Weed's compromise,339;question of patronage,390,396.Defeated for U.S. senate, 1863, iii.54;creditable service,54;deserted by Seward and Weed,54;del.-at-large to Rep. nat. con., 1864,92;supported Johnson for Vice-President,94;approved Seward's removal from Cabinet,94;early friend of President Johnson,130;accepts collectorship of New York, 1865,131;reconciliation with Seward,131;suicide,131;reasons for act,131.King, Rufus, U.S. senator, i.44;referee in Clinton-Jay contest,57;minister to England,70;disapproves disunion,134;spoken of for gov., 1804,137;candidate for Vice-President, 1804,147;candidate for Vice-President, 1808,166;defeated,167;opposes DeWitt Clinton for President,202-6;re-elected U.S. senator,211;charged with bargain,211;nominated for gov., 1816,236;strength of,236;defeated,236;doubts feasibility of Erie canal,244;votes cast for re-election to U.S. senate,267;resents Clinton's control of Federalists,267;reasons for,267;re-elected to U.S. senate,269;courageous stand of Van Buren for,268-70;gifts, character, and career of,270-2;supported war of 1812,270;opposed Missouri Compromise of 1820,272;known as champion of freedom,272;relations with Van Buren,272;declines to join Bucktail party,272;effort to prevent Tompkins' nomination,277-9.King's (Columbia) College, Gouverneur Morris a graduate of, i.73.Kinsella, Thomas, BrooklynEagle, a leading Dem. editor, iii.420.Kirkland, Charles S., in constitutional con., 1846, ii.103;on elective judiciary,109.Kirkpatrick, Thomas, nominated for prison insp., 1871, iii.264;elected,275.Knower, Benjamin, state treas., i.294;member Albany Regency,294;go-between of Van Buren and Clinton,346,348.Know-Nothing party, seeNative American party.Labor Reform party, state con. of, 1877, iii.384;its principles,389;coalesces with Greenback party,389;issues call for Nat. con.,389;seeNat.-Green.-Lab.-Reform party.Labor Reform vote, 1870, iii.244, note.Ladue, Oliver, nominated for canal comr., 1862, iii.45, note;defeated,51.Laflin, Fordyce, nominated for prison insp., 1866, iii.226;elected,227.Laning, Albert P., character of, iii.20;patriotic sentiments,20;presents resolutions,40;del. to Nat. Dem. con., 1864,108;defeated for nomination for lt.-gov.,207;ch'm. state con., 1878,392;rules in favour of Kelly,393.Lansing, Abraham G., removed as state treas., i.165;character of,165;restored as treas.,172.Lansing, Garrett T., son of preceding, i.165;removed as master in chancery,179.Lansing, John, Jr., del. to amend Articles of Confederation, i.29;fitness for,30;withdraws from con.,30;refuses to sign Federal Constitution,31;member of Poughkeepsie con.,33;supports Clinton for gov., 1789,43;appointed to Supreme Court,45;story of his career,129;made chancellor,129;his murder,130;selected for gov., 1804,131;withdraws,136;reasons for,152-3.Lapham, Elbridge G., nominated for U.S. senator, 1881, iii.481;elected,482.Lapham, George H., nominated for state comp., 1881, iii.484;defeated,486.Lawrence, Cornelius V.R., candidate for mayor of N.Y., 1834, i.400;first year mayor was elective,400;spirited contest,400;elected,401.Lawrence, John, elected to U.S. senate, i.70;career and character of,70;prosecuted Major André,70;marriage of,70.Lawrence, Lewis, editor of UticaRepublican, iii.385.Leavenworth, Elias W., nominated for sec. of state, ii.258.Lecompton constitution, character of, ii.246;Douglas on,246;seeKansas.Ledyard, Isaac, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i.50.Lester, Albert, in canal debate, ii.63.Lewis, Harris, nominated for gov., 1879, iii.412;defeated,427.Lewis, Morgan, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i.49;atty.-gen.,49;chief justice Supreme Court,115;nominated for gov., 1804,136;reasons for it,137;career of,136-7;powerful support,137;elected,138;practices nepotism,147,155,156;favours Merchants' Bank,148,190;Clinton opposed to,149-50;secures Council,154;removes Clinton from mayoralty,154-5;opposed by Tompkins,155;renominated for gov.,161;defeated,161;member of Council,217;supports Riker for Supreme Court,217;in war of 1812,221;character as a soldier,221;retires in disgrace,225.Lewis, William B., candidate for state treas., 1861, iii.23, note;elected,29.L'Hommedieu, Ezra, in first constitutional con., i.5;ridicules Livingston's steamboat,76.Liberal Republican party, organisation, 1872, iii.280;calls Nat. con.,280;prominent Reps. aid movement,280;Greeley's reasons for joining it,281-2;nominate Greeley for President,286;ticket endorsed by Dems.,289;defeated,302;leaders in N.Y. return to Rep. party, 1874,315.Liberal Republican state conventions, 1872, Syracuse, iii.296;1874, Albany,315-6;1875, Albany,326;1876, Saratoga,337;unites with Rep. state con., 1876,337.Lieutenant-governorship, not necessarily stepping stone to gov., i.180.Lincoln, Abraham, first meeting with Seward, ii.143;defeated for nomination for Vice-President,229;lectures in New York City,262-4;Greeley on,263-4;defeats Crittenden compromise,344;Greeley's relations with,402-3.Orders relief of Fort Sumter, iii.1;call for troops,3;reply to Greeley,35;letter to Seymour,63;to Erastus Corning on Vallandigham,65-6;letter to Seymour about draft,71;letter to Rep. state con., 1863,77-8;its influence,79-80;relations with Seward,84;with Weed,85-7;veiled opposition to,87;effort to postpone Rep. nat. con., 1864,88-9;Radicals resent his relations with Weed and Seward,89;renominated for President,94;did he suggest Johnson for Vice-President,95;ignores Weed's wishes,97;message, Dec. 1863,98;plan for restoration of Southern states,98;longs for peace,102;authority to Greeley,102;sends Hay to Niagara Falls,103;insists on abolition of slavery,103;unpopularity of,103;movement to substitute another candidate,103-4and note;Weed and Raymond hopeless of his election,104-5;his iron nerve,105;interest in N.Y. election,125;elected,125;assassination,127.Lindenwald, Van Buren's home, ii.45-6.Litchfield, Elisha, speaker of Assembly, ii.59;career and character of,59.Littlejohn, DeWitt C., speaker of Assembly, ii.207;declares for Seward,207;opposes Greeley for U.S. senate,364.Livingston, Brockholst, brother-in-law of Jay, i.6,79;on U.S. Supreme Court,6;hostility to Jay,79;cousin of Chancellor,116;appointed to state Supreme Court,116.Livingston, Charles L., speaker of Assembly, ii.1.Livingston, Edward, resents Alien-Sedition laws, i.84;advised to give up Jefferson for Burr,103;Burr thought him friendly,103;practises deception,103;U.S. atty.,104,121;defaulter,104;mayor of New York,116;goes to New Orleans to reside,150;sec. of state, ii.1.Livingston, Edward P., nominated for lt.-gov., 1830, i.376;unpopular manners,376;elected,377;defeated for renomination for lt.-gov., 1832,395.Livingston, Gilbert, supports Clinton for gov., 1789, i.43;his eloquence,43.Livingston, Maturin, son-in-law of Morgan Lewis, i.147;appointed to office,147;character of,147-8;removed from office,151;restored,154;defeated for Supreme Court,156;removed from office,165.Livingston, Peter R., hostility to DeWitt Clinton, i.251;makes war on,255;career and gifts of,402;joins Whig party, 1834,402;ch'm. of its first con.,402.Livingston, Philip, in first constitutional con., i.5.Livingston, Robert R., member first constitutional con., i.5;appointed chancellor,16;member of Poughkeepsie con.,33;in campaign, 1789,42;hostile to Hamilton,47;strengthens Clinton,47;left out in division of offices,48;ceased to be a Federalist,48;defeats Schuyler for U.S. senate,49;opposes Jay, 1792,55;steam navigation,75-7;associated with Fulton,77;nominated for gov.,78;hostility to Jay,79;appearance and character of,79;desires to be President,80;mistakes signs of times,81;defeated,82;reasons for it,83;his disposition,83;minister to France,115;assailed by Van Ness,125;without ambition for further political honours,150.Lockwood, Daniel N., at Dem. state con., 1882, iii.490;forceful presentation of Cleveland's name for gov.,490.Locofocos, origin of title, ii.16;applied to Dem. party,16.Loomis, Arphaxed, in constitutional con., 1846, ii.109;character and gifts of,110;resents war methods, 1861, iii.18,19.Lord, Jarvis B., nominated for canal com., 1861, iii.21, note;defeated,29;renominated, 1864,120;defeated,125;opposes Tilden for gov., 1874,312;exults over downfall of Tilden régime,383.Lott, John A., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii.226;elected,227.Lowell, James Russell, declares people long for peace, 1864, iii.101.Ludlow, William B., opposes Union state con., 1861, iii.15.Ludlow, William H., chairman of Softs' con., 1854, ii.197;defeated,203.Lundy, Benjamin, original abolitionist, ii.5;career of,5-7.McCarthy, Dennis, presents Washburne's name for Vice-President, 1880, iii.444;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;