245,248.Williams, Elisha, his prominence at Columbia County bar,20;his rivalry with Van Buren,20,21.Williams, Sherrod, asks questions of presidential candidates in 1836,264;calls Van Buren's reasons for delay "unsatisfactory,"265.Woodbury, Levi, votes against Panama congress,131;secretary of navy,199;secretary of treasury under Van Buren,283.Wright, Silas, member of Albany Regency,111;votes for bill to exclude abolition matter from mail,277;votes against distribution of surplus,301;leads administration senators,341;declines nomination for vice-presidency,411;accepts nomination for governor of New York,412;elected,413;votes against Texas treaty,413;leads Barnburners,415;offered Treasury Department by Polk,416;defeated for reëlection by Hunker opposition,417;his friendship for Van Buren,456.Young, Samuel, denounces Calhoun for raising Texas question,410;presides over Utica convention of 1848,425.