supports Burr, 1804,138;appointed mayor New York,155;army service,155,184-5;removed from mayoralty,165;nominated for lt.-gov.,184;defeated,185;opposed Jackson for President,357;presides at meeting,357.Williams, Elisha, gifts and career of, i.207;sneers at Van Buren,255;opposes Tompkins' accounts,276;member of constitutional con., 1821,298;nominated for Assembly, 1827,358.Williams, Robert, in Council, i.171;known as Judas Iscariot,172.Williams, William, nominated for State treasurer, 1861, iii.24, note;defeated,29.Willman, Andreas, nominated for prison insp., 1862, iii.45, note;defeated,51.Wilmot, David, ch'm. Chicago con., 1860, ii.282.Wilmot Proviso, supported by Preston King, ii.102;the issue presented,126, note;voted down by Whig Nat. con., 1848,138.Winans, Orange S., votes with Tweed, iii.245;unfortunate bargain,245, note.Wirt, William, Anti-Mason candidate for President, 1832, i.398.Wood, Benjamin, N.Y.News, conspicuous as an editor, iii.420.Wood, Fernando, ambitious to be candidate for gov., ii.223;character of,323-4;early career of,233, note;withdraws from Dem. state con.,249;captures state con.,257;a bold trick,257;at Charleston con.,270;goes with South,270;advocates secession of New York City,348;Greeley on,348-9.Speech at Union Square meeting, iii.6;defeated for mayor, 1861,30;refused admission to Dem. state con., 1864,101;calls a peace con., 1864,106;Richmond humiliates,106;death of,107.Wood, Julius, tells Seward of Greeley's hostility, ii.284, note.Woodford, Stewart L., character and services, iii.152;his eloquence,152;nominated for lt.-gov., 1866,152;elected,165;suggested for gov., 1868,193;nominated for gov., 1870,238;defeated,244;presents Conkling's name for President, 1876,335;brilliant speech,335;New York presents him for Vice-President, 1876,335;defeated,336;work in campaign, 1878,396;interview with Conkling, 1880,443;presents Arthur for Vice-President, 1880,444;reappointed U.S. atty.,469.Woodin, William B., opposes Cornell for lt.-gov., 1876, iii.338;at Rep. state con., 1880,434;advocates independence of dels.,434,436;agreed to support instructions of state con.,434;appearance and character,436;avoids obeying instructions,437;severely criticised,437.Woodruff, Lewis B., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii.226;defeated,227.Woodworth, John, defeated for Supreme Court, i.156;defeated for U.S. senator,156;removed as atty.-gen.,165;Spencer favours restoration,232;opposed by Tompkins,232.Wool, John E., at peace congress, ii.350.Worth, Gorham A., banker, i.318;early friend of Weed,318;character of,318.Wortman, Teunis, bitter opponent of DeWitt Clinton, i.181.Wright, Silas, member of Albany Regency, i.294,384;appointed comp.,383;appearance and gifts of,384;career of,384-5;holder of many offices,385;knowledge of the tariff,385.In U.S. Senate, ii.1;writes forArgus,2;attitude toward slavery,11;re-elected to U.S. Senate,65;declines nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court,73;declines nomination for Vice-President,73;nominated for gov.,76-8;compared with Fillmore,80-1;elected,89;approves constitutional con.,100;vetoes canal appropriation,101;bitterness against,114-5;renominated for gov., 1846,116;refused to pardon Anti-Renters,119;defeated,120;reasons for,121-3;retirement to farm,123-4;death of,124.Wright, William B., candidate for judge of Court of Appeals, 1861, iii.23, note;elected,29.Wright, William W., nominated for canal com., 1861, iii.21, note;defeated,29;renominated, 1866,159;defeated,165;renominated, 1869,226;elected,227.Wyandotte constitution, seeKansas.Yancey, William L., at Charleston con., ii.273.Yates, Abraham, in first constitutional con., i.5.Yates, John Van Ness, appointed recorder at Albany, i.179;gifts and character,257;sec. of state,321;nephew of gov.,321;on election of presidential electors,325.Yates, Joseph G., family, career, and character, i.248-9;founder of Union College,249;asked to stand for U.S. senate,268;on Tompkins,279;nominated for gov., 1822,312-3;opposed by Southwick,316;elected,320;nepotism and ingratitude of,321-2;opposes election of presidential electors,323;a political dodge,325;beaten by the Regency,327;revenge of,330;retirement of,331.Yates, Richard, in first constitutional con., i.5.Yates, Robert, member first constitutional con., i.5;delegate to amend Articles of Confederation,29;his fitness,30;first choice of Clinton,30;withdraws from con.,30;refuses to sign Federal Constitution,31;in Poughkeepsie con.,33;nominated for gov.,38;Hamilton on nomination of,38-9;his character, career, and ability,40-2;Burr's friendship for,43;defeated for gov.,44;appointed chief justice,45;nominated for gov.,64;retires from Supreme Court,68.Young, John, member of Assembly, ii.95;career and character,95-6;gifts of,96-7;sudden rise to power,96-7;contest over fourth constitutional con.,97-101;Seymour and,99;triumph of,99-100;carries canal appropriation,100;nominated for gov., 1846,118;Weed unfriendly to,118;agreed to pardon Anti-Renters,118;course on Mexican war,119;elected gov.,120;aspirant for Vice-Presidency, 1848,137;loss of prestige,139;death of,139.Young, Samuel, speaker of Assembly, i.232;failed to become sec. of state,233;dislike of Clinton,251-2;quarrels with Van Buren,254;Clinton refuses to recognise,254;makes war on Clinton,255;candidate for U.S. senate,263;gifts and eloquence of,265;failed in caucus,266-7;number of votes received,267;in constitutional con., 1821,299-310;ambitious to be gov., 1822,313;bitterness over Yates' nomination,314;supports Clay, 1824,324;nominated for gov., 1824,327;great fight with Clinton,332;defeated,333;later career of,333;adheres to Jackson party,394.Sec. of state, ii.52;at Baltimore con.,72;defeated for sec. of state,92;attack on Hunkers,104;at Utica con.,131;death of,157;Greeley on,158.Younglove, Truman G., elected speaker of Assembly, iii.220;a Fenton lieutenant,220;fails to announce committees,222;becomes "a political corpse,"222;ch'm. Lib. Rep. state con., 1872,296.