Volume III Part 1 (1/2)

A Political History of the State of NewYork.

by DeAlva Stanwood Alexander.

VOL. III

1861-1882

CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. THE UPRISING OF THE NORTH. 1861

II. NEW PARTY ALIGNMENTS. 1861

III. ”THE MAD DESPERATION OF REACTION.” 1862

IV. THURLOW WEED TRIMS HIS SAILS. 1863

V. GOVERNOR SEYMOUR AND PRESIDENT LINCOLN. 1863

VI. SEYMOUR REBUKED. 1863

VII. STRIFE OF RADICAL AND CONSERVATIVE. 1864

VIII. SEYMOUR'S PRESIDENTIAL FEVER. 1864

IX. FENTON DEFEATS SEYMOUR. 1864

X. A COMPLETE CHANGE OF POLICY. 1865

XI. RAYMOND CHAMPIONS THE PRESIDENT. 1866

XII. HOFFMAN DEFEATED, CONKLING PROMOTED. 1866

XIII. THE RISE OF TWEEDISM. 1867

XIV. SEYMOUR AND HOFFMAN. 1868

XV. THE STATE CARRIED BY FRAUD. 1868

XVI. INFLUENCE OF MONEY IN SENATORIAL ELECTIONS. 1869

XVII. TWEED CONTROLS THE STATE. 1869-70

XVIII. CONKLING DEFEATS FENTON. 1870