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Tweed's judges, Barnard, Cardozo, and McCunn, iii. 248; Cardozo resigns, 248; others impeached, 248; McCunn dies soon after sentenced, 248; Barnard soon follows, 248.

Tweed, William M., favours repeal of Missouri Compromise, ii. 195.

Early career of, iii. 176; a recognised boss, 176; manners and character, 176; officials selected, 177; signs of wealth, 178; political ambition, 178; demands at Dem. state con., 1867, 178; vice president of Dem. nat. con., 1868, 197; forces Hoffman's renomination for gov., 1868, 205; his frauds, 1868, 206; Greeley's attack, 207; his infamous circular, 213; evidences of his fraud in election, 215-8; elected to state Senate, 223; important committees, 223; plunders through tax-levies, 224; Reps. aid him, 225; gets majority in Senate, 227; controls the state, 227; leader of state Democracy, 228; his city charter pa.s.sed, 229; its character, 228-9; enormous bribery, 229; takes position of most power, 229; loots the city treasury, 229; controls Dem. state con., 1870, 230; Nast's cartoons, 242, 245; lavish campaign expenses, 243; personal extravagance, 244; purchases control of a.s.sembly, 1871, 245; scheme to widen Broadway, 244; viaduct railway, 244; offers bribes to prevent exposure, 245; punishment and death, 246-8; controls Dem. state con., 1871, 269; ”Let's stop those d.a.m.ned pictures,” 274.

Twombly, Horatio N., del. to Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296.

Tyler, John nominated for Vice President, ii. 40; n.o.body else would take it, 40; becomes President, 47; turns against the Whigs, 47-8.

Ullman, Daniel, nominated for gov., 1854, ii. 202; career of, 202; defeated, 204.

Union College, founded by Joseph C. Yates, i. 249; Seward, an alumnus of, 379.

Union League Clubs, organisation, iii. 59 and note; Seward's praise of, 59; Brady's work in, 59; Van Buren's loyalty exhibited, 59; Seymour not a member of, 61.

Union League Club of New York, iii. 59; when organised, 59, note; investigates fraud, 1868, 215.

Union Square war meeting, 1861, iii. 5.

United States Bank, incorporation of, i. 186; Clinton defeats extension of charter, 186; the great issue, 1832, 392; preferred to compromise than fight Jackson, 393; Webster and Clay objected, 393; Congress extends charter, 393; Jackson vetoes it, 393; creates fear of panic, 400.

United States Senate. See Senate, United States.

United States senators. See Senators, United States.

Utica _Republican_, established by Conkling, 1877, iii. 385; its aggressive character, 385, note; publication discontinued, 1879, 397.

Vallandigham, Clement L., arrest of, iii. 64; banished to Southern Confederacy, 64; Lincoln's letter, 66; dangerous precedent, 66.

Van Buren, John, son of Martin Van Buren, ii. 128; career and gifts of, 128-30; leading Free-soiler, 128, 129, 141; reason for, 129; Lord on, 128; Wilson on, 130; Seymour afraid of, 130; style of oratory, 130; at Utica con., 131; appearance of, 141; avenged his father's wrongs, 144; compared to Seymour, 150; opposed Seymour for nomination, 172-3; supports him for gov., 1852, 177; advocates popular sovereignty, 250; opens way for Douglas, 1860, 250.

Favours Dix for gov., 1862, iii. 37, 48; supports Seymour, 48; humour of, 48; _Tribune_ criticises, 48, 49; loyalty exhibited, 59; in campaign, 1864, 123; nominated for atty.-gen., 1865, 129; stigmatises Seymour, 134; defeated, 135; death, 135, note.

Van Buren, John D., member of Tilden's ca.n.a.l com., 1875, iii. 323; nominated for state eng., 1874, 326; elected, 331.

Van Buren, Martin, supports DeWitt Clinton for President, i. 206, 208; career, gifts, and character of, 206-10; compared with Clinton, 208; deserts Clinton, 212; energy in war of 1812, 232; made atty.-gen., 232; opposed by Spencer, 232; opposes Spencer, 233; cunning support of Tompkins, 240; disturbed over Clinton's action, 247; adroit opposition, 248; outwitted by Spencer, 250; ludicrous picture of, 250; urges building of ca.n.a.l, 251; makes war on Clinton, 255; sneers of Elisha Williams, 255; Fellows-Allen case, 256; drives Clinton to bolt, 257-60; deprives Clinton of patronage, 260-1; silences opposition to ca.n.a.l, 261-2; prevents Spencer's nomination to U.S. Senate, 266-7; favours re-election of King, 268; reason for bold stand, 268-9; removed as atty.-gen., 273; an ”arch scoundrel,” 273; calls Clintonians ”political blacklegs,” 274; effort to prevent Tompkins' nomination, 275-8; Tompkins' war accounts, 276; confident of Tompkins' election, 281; dismissal of postmasters, 285; the ”prince of villains,” 286; elected to U.S. Senate, 286; Clinton's vituperative allusions to, 286, note; selects Talcott, Marcy, and Butler, 291-3; conspicuous work in const.i.tutional con., 1821, 299-310; Crawford for President, 324; outwitted by Weed, 339-40; weakened by Young's and Crawford's defeat, 344; non-committalism, 345-6, note; methods of Burr, 346; joins Clinton in support of Jackson, 346; conciliatory policy toward Clinton, 347; opposes Adams' administration, 348; a leader in U.S. Senate, 349; parliamentary debates, 349-50, 365; organiser of modern Dem. party, 350, 365; John Q. Adams on, 350; equivocal support of Rochester, 352; re-elected to U.S. Senate, 353; Parton on, 353; Jackson on, 353; nominated for gov., 1828, 364, 367; cleverly divides opponents, 364-5; appearance at church, 365; puts Throop on ticket, 365; acting gov. Pitcher, 366; strong friends, 367; elected, 368; seventy days a gov., 383; insincerity of, 383; sec. of state, 383; a politician's face, 384; resigns from Cabinet, 387; minister to England, 387; rejected by Senate, 387-9; spoilsman, 389, note; on his rejection, 389-90; friends indignant, 390; nominated for Vice President, 391; tendered reception, 391; elected, 397.

Dix's devotion to, ii. 4; Crockett's life of, 4; opponents of, 4; Calhoun on, 4; nominated for President, 4-5; att.i.tude toward slavery, 5, 10, 11; elected, 14; moral courage of, 41; fearless statesman, 41; renominated for President, 41; sub-treasury scheme, 41-2; defeat of, 43-5; retirement to Lindenwald, 46, 74; Texas question, 65-9; Hammet letter, 66-7; Southern hostility, 70; two-thirds rule, 71, note; defeated at Baltimore, 71-5; friends proscribed, 94; a Barnburner, 127; nominated for President at Utica, 1848, 131; endorsed by Buffalo con., 133; Webster's pun, 133; Sumner on, 133; defeated, 143-4; supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, 177; criticised by Southern press, iii. 10.

Van Cortlandt, James, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5.

Van Cortlandt, John, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5.

Van Cortlandt, Philip, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5.

Van Cortlandt, Pierre, renominated for lt.-gov., 1792, i. 51; supports DeWitt Clinton for President, 202.

Van Cott, Joshua M., nominated for atty.-gen., 1867, iii. 174; defeated, 188; nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1878, iii. 392, note; defeated, 397.