North, William, elected to U.S. senate, i.70;service and character of,71;on staff of Baron Steuben,71and note;speaker of Assembly,171.Nott, Eliphalet, President Union College, ii.34.Noyes, William Curtis, at peace congress, ii.350.Presents letter from Morgan, 1862, iii.44;would welcome Lincoln's withdrawal, 1864,104.O'Conor, Charles, in constitutional con., 1846, ii.104;opposes negro suffrage,107;on elective judiciary,109;opposed constitution of 1846,112;conservatism of,112;nominated for lt.-gov., 1848,134;career of,134-5;in campaign, 1852,178;declines to support the Softs,186.Sympathy with the South, iii.4;supports' Tilden's attack upon the Tweed ring,268;letter to Dem. state con., 1871,272;credits Tilden with impeachment of Tweed judges,293.O'Rourke, Matthew J., aids in exposure of Tweed ring, iii.246;estimated aggregate of sum stolen,248-9.Oakley, Thomas J., surrogate of Dutchess County, i.171;removed,179;friend of Clinton,254;displaces Van Buren as atty.-gen.,273;opposes Tompkins' accounts,276;removed as atty.-gen.,287.Oaksmith, Appleton, del. to seceding states, ii.351-2.Office-seekers, number and persistence of, ii.388-9.Ogden, Darius A., nominated for canal com., 1876, iii.347;elected,351."Ohio Idea," The, iii.179-181.Olcott, Frederick P., nominated for state comp., 1877, iii.384;elected,387;renominated, 1879,424;defeated,427.Olcott, Thomas W., financier of Albany Regency, ii.20;refuses nomination for state comp., 1863, iii.74.Opdyke, George, acts as agent of U.S. Government, 1861, iii.7;elected mayor of N.Y., 1861,29;career and character,30;at Rep. state con., 1863,74;loses place on state com.,74;favours new candidate in place of Lincoln,104, and note.Orr, Alexander E., member of Tilden's canal commission, 1875, iii.323.Ostrander, Catherine, wife of Weed, i.318;true love match,319;waited for him three years,319.Ottendorfer, Oswald, editor N.Y.Staats-zeitung, iii.268;efforts at reform,268;at Dem. state con., 1871,272;influence,272.Palmer, Abiah W., nominated for state comp., 1870, iii.238;defeated,244.Parker, Amasa J., nominated for gov., 1856, ii.232-3;career and ability of,233-4;defeated,241;nominated for gov., 1858,249;defeated,255;at Dem. state peace con.,354;president of,354.President of Dem. state con., 1863, iii.79;aspirant for gov., 1864,118;presented for gov., 1874,313;president of Kelly's state con., 1880,451;named as del.-at-large to Nat. con.,452;delegation refused admission,457;part in spectacular reconciliation,458.Parkhurst, John, nominated for prison insp., 1870, iii.238;defeated,244.Parmenter, Roswell A., nominated for atty.-gen., 1881, iii.484;defeated,486.Parrish, Daniel, state senator, i.178.Patrick, J.N.H., dispatches to Pelton from Oregon, 1876, iii.351.Patrick, Marsena R., nominated for state treas., 1865, iii.129;defeated,135.Patterson, George W., to Weed about Fillmore, ii.79;in constitutional con., 1846,103;on elective judiciary,109;nominated for lt.-gov., 1848,140;character of,140;defeated for state comp.,165;Greeley on,165-6;ambitious to be gov., 1852,173.Payn, Louis P., renominated for U.S. marshal, 1881, iii.469;nomination withdrawn,475;warns Conkling and Platt of defeat,481;chided by Sharpe,481;prophecy fulfilled,481, note.Peace congress, 1861, ii.350;suggested by Virginia,350;adopted by Legislature of New York,350;dels. to,350;convened at Washington,358;its work and results,358-60.Peaceable secession, Greeley advocates, ii.335-6;also Abolitionists,336;preferable to civil war,347,355.Peck, Jedediah, opposed Alien-Sedition laws, i.89;arrested,89;creates great excitement,89.Peckham, Rufus H., a supporter of Tilden, iii.422;cool and determined,422;in Dem. state con., 1879,422;at Dem. nat. con., 1880,457.Peckham, Rufus W., opposes repeal of Missouri Compromise, ii.195.Pelton, William T., nephew of Tilden, iii.350;lived in Tilden's house,350;cipher dispatches,350-1.People's party, supports Adams, 1824, i.324;stood for popular election of Presidential electors,324;resented defeat of the measure,326;Tallmadge and Wheaton lead it,324;secedes from Utica con.,331-2;supports Clinton, 1826,350;joins Nat. Rep. party, 1828,361.People's Union convention, 1861, iii.21,22.Perkins, Edward O., nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii.129;defeated,135.Perrin, Edward O., nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1868, iii.207;elected,215.Perry, Oliver H., victory on Lake Erie, i.225.Phelps, Oliver, nominated for lt.-gov. with Burr, 1804, i.131;character of,138.Philadelphia Union convention, 1866, iii.144;Dix the ch'm.,144;Richmond and Weed managers,144;Raymond heads resolution committee,144;picturesque features,144.Phillips, Wendell, opposition to arbitrary arrests, 1862, iii.19, note.Pierce, Franklin, nominated for President, 1852, ii.169-72;elected,179;humiliated Dix,182, note;appoints Marcy sec. of state,182.Pierrepont, Edwards, life and character of, iii.155;favoured Dix for gov., 1866,155;sudden change to Hoffman,159;Weed's surprise,159.Pitcher, Nathaniel, elected lt.-gov., i.352;career of,366;character of,366;acting gov.,366;appointments of,366;defeated for renomination by Van Buren,366;ceases to act with Jackson party,367.Pitt, William, compared with Hamilton, i.3.Platt, Jonas, defeated for Supreme Court, i.156;character of,156,173-4;nominated for gov.,173;assails embargo,174;betrayed by prejudices,176;defeated for gov.,179;supports Clinton for mayor,213;and for gov., 1817,248;retires from Supreme Court,323;later career and death of,323.Platt, Moss K., nominated for prison insp., 1873, iii.308;endorsed by Liberals,309;elected,309.Platt, Thomas C., early career, iii.363;character and ability,364;ch'm. Rep. state con., 1877,364;candidate for U.S. senate, 1881,465;Stalwart leaders divide,465;supported by Cornell,465;opposed by Arthur, Sharpe, Murphy, and Smyth,465;promise made to Half-breeds,468;with their aid nominated in caucus,468;elected,468;Robertson's appointment, Mar. 23,469;failure of his efforts to have it withdrawn,475;tenders resignation, May 16,476;reasons for it,477-8;seeks re-election at Albany,478;Rep. caucus refused,479;first ballot gives highest vote,479;withdraws as a candidate, July 1,480;successor elected, July 16,481.Platt, Zephaniah, father of Jonas Platt, i.156;character and career of,156;founded Plattsburgh,156;served in Legislature and in Congress,156.Plumb, Joseph, nominated for lt.-gov. by Abolitionists, 1850, ii.156.Political campaigns, begin 1789, i.44;abusive, 1792,52;young men in,56and note;modern methods introduced,90.Pomeroy, Theodore M., at Rep. nat. con., 1876, iii.334;aspires to be gov., 1879,414;career and character of,414and note.Porter, John K., in constitutional con., 1846, ii.104;nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii.130;elected,135.Porter, Peter B., supports Burr, 1804, i.138;removed as county clerk,147;character and career of,148;member of Congress,148;secretary of war,148;appointed sec. of state,233;canal com.,213;opposed Clinton for gov., 1817,249;brilliant war record,249;eloquence of,250;nominated for gov. by Tam.,251;defeated,252;aspirant for gov., 1822,318;supports Clay, 1824,324;nominated for Assembly, 1827,358.Porter, Peter A., declines nomination for sec. of state, 1863, iii.75;prefers military to civil office,75.Post, Henry, confidential correspondent of DeWitt Clinton, i.243.Potter, Clarkson N., aspires to be gov., 1876, iii.345;president of Dem. state con., 1777,384;failure of fraud investigation,395and note;nominated for lt.-gov., 1879,424;defeated,427;candidate for U.S. senate, 1881,482;defeated,482.Poughkeepsie convention, ratifies Federal Constitution, i.33;number of dels.,33;champions of Constitution,33;opponents of,33;date of ratification,35;vote on,36.Powell, Archibald C., nominated for state eng., 1867, iii.174;defeated,188.Pratt, Daniel, nominated for atty.-gen., 1873, iii.308;elected,309.Prince, L. Bradford, nominated for naval officer, 1877, iii.399;not confirmed,405.Privateers in war of 1812, Samuel Young's description of, i.266.Prohibition, issue, 1854, ii.203;law passed,210;declared unconstitutional,210.Prohibition party organised, 1874, iii.316;nominated Clark for gov., 1874,316;total vote,319;state con., 1875,326;state con., 1876,346;state con., 1877,384;state con., 1878,392;state con., 1879,412;principles of,412.Pruyn, Robert H., aspirant for gov., 1866, iii.156;services of,156;nominated for lt.-gov., 1866,159;defeated,165.Pulitzer, Joseph, N.Y.World, a leading Dem. editor, iii.420.Purcell, William, supporter of Tam., iii.383;editor RochesterUnion Advertiser,420;a leading journalist,420;nominated for sec. of state, 1881,484;defeated,486.Purdy, Ebenezer, state senator, i.149;charged with bribery,149,190;character of,190;resigns to escape expulsion,191.Putnam, James O., a Silver-Gray, ii.156;eloquence of,156;votes for Babcock for U.S. senator, 1855,207;favours union of American and Rep. parties,249;elector-at-large,328;Americans follow him into Rep. party,332."Quids," nickname for Gov. Lewis' followers, 1806, i.152.Radcliff, Jacob, appointed on Supreme Court, i.68;life of,69;character and appearance of,69;becomes mayor of New York City,172;removed,179.Radical and Conservative Democrats, difference in canal policy, ii.53.Radicals, faction of Dem. party, ii.52,126;opposed state debt to construct canal,52,126;leaders of,53,126;called Barnburners after supporting the Wilmot Proviso,126;seeBarnburners.Raines, Thomas, nominated for state treas., 1871, iii.264;elected,275;joins Lib. Rep. party,307;dropped by Reps.,307;renominated by Dems., 1873,308;elected,309.Randall, Henry S., biographer of Jefferson, ii.324;Barnburner,324;ch'm. of Hards' state con., 1860,324.Randolph, John, teller when J.Q. Adams was elected President, i.343.Rapallo, Charles J., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1880, iii.460;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, iii.374, note;listed among masterpieces of sarcasm and invective,374.Reeves, Henry A., GreenportRepublican Watchman, a leading Dem. editor, iii.420.Reid, Whitelaw, N.Y.Tribune, iii.414;leading Rep. editor,414;telegram about Robertson's appointment,472-3.Renwick, James, characteristics of Tompkins, i.215.Republican national conventions,Baltimore, 1864, iii.93;Chicago, 1868,192;Philadelphia, 1872,291-2;Cincinnati, 1876,333-5;Chicago, 1880,438-46.Republican party, Anti-Nebraska con., ii.194;Greeley favoured its organisation, 1854,200;Weed and Seward opposed,200;Greeley named it,211;Executive Committee appointed, 1854,211;formal organisation, 1855,211-4;its platform,213;Seward's speech for,217-8;Silver-Grays defeat it,219;