Volume III Part 61 (1/2)

Mc.n.u.tt, Andrew J., nominated for prison insp., 1865, iii. 129; defeated, 135.

Mackin, James, nominated for state treas., 1877, iii. 384; elected, 387; renominated, 1879, 424; defeated, 427.

Madison, James, renominated for president, i. 197, 201; character of, 199, 200; offers Tompkins place of sec. of state, 237; dislike of Armstrong, 238; dislike of Monroe, 239.

Magone, Daniel, member of Tilden's ca.n.a.l commission, 1875, iii. 323.

Maine Liquor law, introduced by Clark, ii. 199; vetoed by Seymour, 199.

Manhattan Bank, clever trick of Burr to charter, i. 187.

Manning, Daniel B., early career, iii. 419; genius for political leaders.h.i.+p, 419; successor of Richmond, 419; controls Robinson's candidacy, 1879, 420; his rare tactics, 421; ticket defeated by Kelly's bolt, 427; controls Dem. state con., 1880, 449; iron-clad unit rule, 450; endorses Tilden for President, 450; action at Dem. nat. con., 1880, 454-6; an indefinite letter, 454; a definite telegram, 456; delegation's loss of prestige, 456; controls Dem. state con., 1881, 484; great victory, 1882, 498.

Marble, Manton, writes Dem. platform, 1876, iii. 344; cipher dispatches, 1876, 350; a leading Dem. editor, 420.

Marey, William L., favours King's re-election to U.S. senate, i. 269; adjutant-general, 289; career, character, and appearance of, 289-94; capture of St. Regis, 293; original member of Albany Regency, 293-4; death of, 294; highest mountain in state named for, 294, note; becomes comp., 1823, 321; appointed to Supreme Court, 360; investigates death of Morgan, 360; in U.S. senate, 385; record as comp. and judge, 386; failure as senator, 386-8; to victors belong the spoils, 389; injures Van Buren, 389, note; nominated for gov., 1832, 394; ”the Marcy patch,” 395; elected, 396; ”Marcy's mortgage,” 400; renominated for gov., 1834, 403; hot campaign, 403-4; elected, 404.

Member of a powerful group, ii. 1; writes for _Argus_, 2; att.i.tude toward slavery, 10; renominated, 1836, 11; elected, 14; signs bank charters, 16; renominated for gov., 1838, 22; review of his administration, 23-5; defeated, 28; appointed to Mexican Claims Commission, 30; ca.n.a.l policy, 49; sec. of war, 94; a Hunker, 127; becomes a Barnburner, 169; candidate for President, 1852, 169-72; Seymour favours, 169-72; sec. of state, 181-2.

Martindale, John H., record as a soldier, iii. 130; nominated for atty.-gen., 1865, 130; elected, 135.

Martling Men, forerunners of Tammany Hall, i. 132, 170; charge Clinton with duplicity, 352.

Mason, Charles, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1867, iii. 174; defeated, 188; renominated, 1869, 226; defeated, 227.

Matthews, James N., Buffalo _Express_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Matthews, Stanley, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii. 283; opposes Greeley's nomination, 283.

Maxwell, Hugh, collector port of New York City, ii. 153; opposes Seward's endors.e.m.e.nt, 153-4.

Maxwell, Robert A., nominated for state treas., 1881, iii. 484; elected, 486.

May, Samuel J., rescues a fugitive slave, ii. 165.

Mead, Sidney, nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1873, iii. 308; defeated, 309.

Mears, John W., nominated for gov., 1879, iii. 412; defeated, 427.

Meigs, Henry, member of Congress, i. 285; correspondence with Van Buren, 285.

Mellspaugh, George W., nominated for prison insp., 1873, iii. 309; defeated, 309.

Merritt, Edwin A., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296; on com. to confer with Dems., 296; nominated for state treas., 1875, 325; defeated, 331; nominated for surveyor of port of New York, 1877, 399; confirmation defeated, 404-5; appointed collector of customs, 1878, 406; career and character, 406; able administrator, 406; confirmed, 409; nominated for con.-gen. to London, 1881, 469; confirmed, 477.

Miller, Elijah, father-in-law of Seward, i. 318; early friend of Weed, 318.

Miller, Jedediah, opposes Tompkins' accounts, i. 276.

Miller, Theodore, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874, iii. 314; elected, 319.