Volume II Part 1 (1/2)

A Political History of the State of NewYork.

by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander.

VOL. II

1833-1861

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. VAN BUREN AND ABOLITION. 1833-1837

II. SEWARD ELECTED GOVERNOR. 1836-1838

III. THE DEFEAT OF VAN BUREN FOR PRESIDENT. 1840

IV. HUMILIATION OF THE WHIGS. 1841-1842

V. DEMOCRATS DIVIDE INTO FACTIONS. 1842-1844

VI. VAN BUREN DEFEATED AT BALTIMORE. 1844

VII. SILAS WRIGHT AND MILLARD FILLMORE. 1844

VIII. THE RISE OF JOHN YOUNG. 1845-1846

IX. FOURTH CONSt.i.tUTIONAL CONVENTION. 1846

X. DEFEAT AND DEATH OF SILAS WRIGHT. 1846-1847

XI. THE FREE-SOIL CAMPAIGN. 1847-1848

XII. SEWARD SPLITS THE WHIG PARTY. 1849-1850

XIII. THE WHIGS' WATERLOO. 1850-1852

XIV. THE HARDS AND THE SOFTS. 1853

XV. A BREAKING-UP OF PARTY TIES. 1854

XVI. FORMATION OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. 1854-1855

XVII. FIRST REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR. 1856

XVIII. THE IRREPRESSIBLE CONFLICT. 1857-1858

XIX. SEWARD'S BID FOR THE PRESIDENCY. 1859-1860