A Political History of the State of New York Volume III Part 59

James, Thomas L., appointed postmaster-general, 1881, iii. 468; confirmed, 468; tries to compromise Robertson's appointment, 472.

Jay, John, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5; appointed to draft a state const.i.tution, 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 const.i.tution, 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 const.i.tutional 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; on _Chesapeake_ affair, 163; orders embargo, 163; repeals it, 179; opinion of Stephen Van Rensselaer, 214; on Erie ca.n.a.l, 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 pa.s.sed 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 const.i.tutional 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 const.i.tution, 246; action of free-state men, 262; Wyandotte const.i.tution, 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 Sch.e.l.l for gov., 1872, 297; nominates Lawrence for mayor, 1872, 299; defeated, 302; declares for Tilden for gov., 1874, 310; blow at ca.n.a.l ring, 312; selects men of Tweed ring for city offices, 314; Havermeyer charges graft, 318 and 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 Sch.e.l.l for mayor, 394; badly punished by defeat, 396; gov. removes his best friend, 418; 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 Hanc.o.c.k's defeat, 483 and 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 const.i.tutional 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 by _Tribune_, 327.

Kernan, Francis, ch'm. Dem. state con., 1861, iii. 17; views on emanc.i.p.ation, 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 ca.n.a.l, 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, Brooklyn _Eagle_, a leading Dem. editor, iii. 420.

Kirkland, Charles S., in const.i.tutional 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, see Native 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; see Nat.-Green.-Lab.-Reform party.

Labor Reform vote, 1870, iii. 244, note.

Ladue, Oliver, nominated for ca.n.a.l 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 Const.i.tution, 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.