Lawrence, John, elected to U.S. senate, i. 70; career and character of, 70; prosecuted Major Andre, 70; marriage of, 70.
Lawrence, Lewis, editor of Utica _Republican_, iii. 385.
Leavenworth, Elias W., nominated for sec. of state, ii. 258.
Lecompton const.i.tution, character of, ii. 246; Douglas on, 246; see Kansas.
Ledyard, Isaac, supports Burr for gov., 1792, i. 50.
Lester, Albert, in ca.n.a.l debate, ii. 63.
Lewis, Harris, nominated for gov., 1879, iii. 412; defeated, 427.
Lewis, Morgan, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i. 49; atty.-gen., 49; chief justice Supreme Court, 115; nominated for gov., 1804, 136; reasons for it, 137; career of, 136-7; powerful support, 137; elected, 138; practices nepotism, 147, 155, 156; favours Merchants" Bank, 148, 190; Clinton opposed to, 149-50; secures Council, 154; removes Clinton from mayoralty, 154-5; opposed by Tompkins, 155; renominated for gov., 161; defeated, 161; member of Council, 217; supports Riker for Supreme Court, 217; in war of 1812, 221; character as a soldier, 221; retires in disgrace, 225.
Lewis, William B., candidate for state treas., 1861, iii. 23, note; elected, 29.
L"Hommedieu, Ezra, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5; ridicules Livingston"s steamboat, 76.
Liberal Republican party, organisation, 1872, iii. 280; calls Nat. con., 280; prominent Reps. aid movement, 280; Greeley"s reasons for joining it, 281-2; nominate Greeley for President, 286; ticket endorsed by Dems., 289; defeated, 302; leaders in N.Y. return to Rep. party, 1874, 315.
Liberal Republican state conventions, 1872, Syracuse, iii. 296; 1874, Albany, 315-6; 1875, Albany, 326; 1876, Saratoga, 337; unites with Rep. state con., 1876, 337.
Lieutenant-governorship, not necessarily stepping stone to gov., i. 180.
Lincoln, Abraham, first meeting with Seward, ii. 143; defeated for nomination for Vice-President, 229; lectures in New York City, 262-4; Greeley on, 263-4; defeats Crittenden compromise, 344; Greeley"s relations with, 402-3.
Orders relief of Fort Sumter, iii. 1; call for troops, 3; reply to Greeley, 35; letter to Seymour, 63; to Erastus Corning on Vallandigham, 65-6; letter to Seymour about draft, 71; letter to Rep. state con., 1863, 77-8; its influence, 79-80; relations with Seward, 84; with Weed, 85-7; veiled opposition to, 87; effort to postpone Rep. nat. con., 1864, 88-9; Radicals resent his relations with Weed and Seward, 89; renominated for President, 94; did he suggest Johnson for Vice-President, 95; ignores Weed"s wishes, 97; message, Dec. 1863, 98; plan for restoration of Southern states, 98; longs for peace, 102; authority to Greeley, 102; sends Hay to Niagara Falls, 103; insists on abolition of slavery, 103; unpopularity of, 103; movement to subst.i.tute another candidate, 103-4 and note; Weed and Raymond hopeless of his election, 104-5; his iron nerve, 105; interest in N.Y. election, 125; elected, 125; a.s.sa.s.sination, 127.
Lindenwald, Van Buren"s home, ii. 45-6.
Litchfield, Elisha, speaker of a.s.sembly, ii. 59; career and character of, 59.
Littlejohn, DeWitt C., speaker of a.s.sembly, ii. 207; declares for Seward, 207; opposes Greeley for U.S. senate, 364.
Livingston, Brockholst, brother-in-law of Jay, i. 6, 79; on U.S. Supreme Court, 6; hostility to Jay, 79; cousin of Chancellor, 116; appointed to state Supreme Court, 116.
Livingston, Charles L., speaker of a.s.sembly, ii. 1.
Livingston, Edward, resents Alien-Sedition laws, i. 84; advised to give up Jefferson for Burr, 103; Burr thought him friendly, 103; practises deception, 103; U.S. atty., 104, 121; defaulter, 104; mayor of New York, 116; goes to New Orleans to reside, 150; sec. of state, ii. 1.
Livingston, Edward P., nominated for lt.-gov., 1830, i. 376; unpopular manners, 376; elected, 377; defeated for renomination for lt.-gov., 1832, 395.
Livingston, Gilbert, supports Clinton for gov., 1789, i. 43; his eloquence, 43.
Livingston, Maturin, son-in-law of Morgan Lewis, i. 147; appointed to office, 147; character of, 147-8; removed from office, 151; restored, 154; defeated for Supreme Court, 156; removed from office, 165.
Livingston, Peter R., hostility to DeWitt Clinton, i. 251; makes war on, 255; career and gifts of, 402; joins Whig party, 1834, 402; ch"m. of its first con., 402.
Livingston, Philip, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5.
Livingston, Robert R., member first const.i.tutional con., i. 5; appointed chancellor, 16; member of Poughkeepsie con., 33; in campaign, 1789, 42; hostile to Hamilton, 47; strengthens Clinton, 47; left out in division of offices, 48; ceased to be a Federalist, 48; defeats Schuyler for U.S. senate, 49; opposes Jay, 1792, 55; steam navigation, 75-7; a.s.sociated with Fulton, 77; nominated for gov., 78; hostility to Jay, 79; appearance and character of, 79; desires to be President, 80; mistakes signs of times, 81; defeated, 82; reasons for it, 83; his disposition, 83; minister to France, 115; a.s.sailed by Van Ness, 125; without ambition for further political honours, 150.
Lockwood, Daniel N., at Dem. state con., 1882, iii. 490; forceful presentation of Cleveland"s name for gov., 490.
Locofocos, origin of t.i.tle, ii. 16; applied to Dem. party, 16.
Loomis, Arphaxed, in const.i.tutional con., 1846, ii. 109; character and gifts of, 110; resents war methods, 1861, iii. 18, 19.
Lord, Jarvis B., nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1861, iii. 21, note; defeated, 29; renominated, 1864, 120; defeated, 125; opposes Tilden for gov., 1874, 312; exults over downfall of Tilden regime, 383.
Lott, John A., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii. 226; elected, 227.
Lowell, James Russell, declares people long for peace, 1864, iii. 101.
Ludlow, William B., opposes Union state con., 1861, iii. 15.
Ludlow, William H., chairman of Softs" con., 1854, ii. 197; defeated, 203.
Lundy, Benjamin, original abolitionist, ii. 5; career of, 5-7.
McCarthy, Dennis, presents Washburne"s name for Vice-President, 1880, iii. 444; moves Arthur"s nomination, 445; on Robertson"s appointment, 469.
McClellan, George B., succeeds Scott, 1861, iii. 31.
McComb, Alexander, charged with corrupt conduct, i. 54; friend of George Clinton, 54.
McDougal, Alexander, in first const.i.tutional con., i. 5.
McGuire, Jeremiah, named as del.-at-large to Dem. nat. con., iii. 452; delegation rejected, 458.
McIntosh, James, nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. 384; defeated, 387.
McIntyre, Archibald, becomes comp., i. 151; controversy with Tompkins, 276; removal of, 287-9; elected state senator, 289; agent for state lotteries, 289.
McKean, James B., congressman, ii. 338; disapproves Weed"s compromise, 338.
Del. to People"s Union con., 1861, iii. 22; colonel 67th N.Y. regiment, 22; nominated for sec. of state, 1867, 174; defeated, 188.
McKelway, St. Clair, brilliant editor of Albany _Argus_, iii. 419; influence of, 419; returns to Brooklyn _Eagle_, 419, note.
McKenzie, William L., connected with Canadian rebellion, ii. 23-4.
McKnown, James, recorder at Albany, i. 347; forced upon Regency, 347; aids Van Buren"s conciliatory policy, 347.
McLaughlin, Hugh, leader of Kings County Democracy, iii. 421; favours Robinson for gov., 1879, 421.
McNeil, David B., nominated for prison insp., 1864, iii. 120; defeated, 125; renominated, 207; elected, 215; renominated, 273; defeated, 275.