Volume III Part 63 (1/2)

Parker, Amasa J., nominated for gov., 1856, ii. 232-3; career and ability of, 233-4; defeated, 241; nominated for gov., 1858, 249; defeated, 255; at Dem. state peace con., 354; president of, 354.

President of Dem. state con., 1863, iii. 79; aspirant for gov., 1864, 118; presented for gov., 1874, 313; president of Kelly's state con., 1880, 451; named as del.-at-large to Nat. con., 452; delegation refused admission, 457; part in spectacular reconciliation, 458.

Parkhurst, John, nominated for prison insp., 1870, iii. 238; defeated, 244.

Parmenter, Roswell A., nominated for atty.-gen., 1881, iii. 484; defeated, 486.

Parrish, Daniel, state senator, i. 178.

Patrick, J.N.H., dispatches to Pelton from Oregon, 1876, iii. 351.

Patrick, Ma.r.s.ena R., nominated for state treas., 1865, iii. 129; defeated, 135.

Patterson, George W., to Weed about Fillmore, ii. 79; in const.i.tutional con., 1846, 103; on elective judiciary, 109; nominated for lt.-gov., 1848, 140; character of, 140; defeated for state comp., 165; Greeley on, 165-6; ambitious to be gov., 1852, 173.

Payn, Louis P., renominated for U.S. marshal, 1881, iii. 469; nomination withdrawn, 475; warns Conkling and Platt of defeat, 481; chided by Sharpe, 481; prophecy fulfilled, 481, note.

Peace congress, 1861, ii. 350; suggested by Virginia, 350; adopted by Legislature of New York, 350; dels. to, 350; convened at Was.h.i.+ngton, 358; its work and results, 358-60.

Peaceable secession, Greeley advocates, ii. 335-6; also Abolitionists, 336; preferable to civil war, 347, 355.

Peck, Jedediah, opposed Alien-Sedition laws, i. 89; arrested, 89; creates great excitement, 89.

Peckham, Rufus H., a supporter of Tilden, iii. 422; cool and determined, 422; in Dem. state con., 1879, 422; at Dem. nat. con., 1880, 457.

Peckham, Rufus W., opposes repeal of Missouri Compromise, ii. 195.

Pelton, William T., nephew of Tilden, iii. 350; lived in Tilden's house, 350; cipher dispatches, 350-1.

People's party, supports Adams, 1824, i. 324; stood for popular election of Presidential electors, 324; resented defeat of the measure, 326; Tallmadge and Wheaton lead it, 324; secedes from Utica con., 331-2; supports Clinton, 1826, 350; joins Nat. Rep. party, 1828, 361.

People's Union convention, 1861, iii. 21, 22.

Perkins, Edward O., nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1865, iii. 129; defeated, 135.

Perrin, Edward O., nominated for clerk of Court of Appeals, 1868, iii. 207; elected, 215.

Perry, Oliver H., victory on Lake Erie, i. 225.

Phelps, Oliver, nominated for lt.-gov. with Burr, 1804, i. 131; character of, 138.

Philadelphia Union convention, 1866, iii. 144; Dix the ch'm., 144; Richmond and Weed managers, 144; Raymond heads resolution committee, 144; picturesque features, 144.

Phillips, Wendell, opposition to arbitrary arrests, 1862, iii. 19, note.

Pierce, Franklin, nominated for President, 1852, ii. 169-72; elected, 179; humiliated Dix, 182, note; appoints Marcy sec. of state, 182.

Pierrepont, Edwards, life and character of, iii. 155; favoured Dix for gov., 1866, 155; sudden change to Hoffman, 159; Weed's surprise, 159.

Pitcher, Nathaniel, elected lt.-gov., i. 352; career of, 366; character of, 366; acting gov., 366; appointments of, 366; defeated for renomination by Van Buren, 366; ceases to act with Jackson party, 367.