Abolitionists, condemned by the
Democrats, 200, 266; convention of
1839, 202; of 1843, 216; defeat Clay,
224; convention of 1847, 232; of 1852,

253.

Adams, Charles Francis, nominated
for Vice-President, 239; in canvass
of 1872, 340, 344.
Adams, John, suggested for Vice-
President, 24; elected, 27; his jour
ney to New York and inauguration,
30; reëlected Vice-President, 39;
named for President, 44; virulent
attacks upon him, 45; elected Pres-
ident, 51; his inauguration, 53;
counts the votes and declares his
own election, 52; relations to the
Federalist party, 56; defeated in
1800, 63; elector for Monroe, 1820, 118.
Adams, John Quincy, goes over to
the Republican party, 93; on the
Missouri Enabling Act, 117; receives
one vote for President in 1820, 118,
121; candidate in 1824, 126, 129, 131;
popular votes for, 136; electoral
votes, 140; chosen by the House of
Representatives, 140: his inaugura-
tion, 141; his character and admin-
istration, 142; attacks Massachu-
setts Federalists, 146; popular votes
for, in 1828, 148; defeated, 149; in
the House of Representatives, 193.
Adams, John Quincy (the younger),

350.

Adams, Samuel, suggested for Vice-

President, 24; his course in the can-
vass of 1796, 48; votes for, in 1796, 51.
Adet, M., French ambassador, endea-

vors to defeat John Adams, 46.
Alabama, admitted to the Union, 118.
Alien and sedition laws, 57, 201.
Alien ownership of land. See Land,
public.

Baltimore, the Harrison procession
in, in 1840, 196.

Bank of the United States, second
bank incorporated, 108; war upon, by
Jackson, 155, 157, 178; veto of char.
ter renewal, 162; the panic of 1837,
191; Van Buren continues war upon,
192; condemned by Democrats, 200;
Tyler's opposition to, 207; in plat-
forms, 200.

Banks, national, in politics and plat
forms, 333, 365, 367, 409, 544, 551.

Banks, Nathaniel P., 271; electoral

vote for, 353.

Barbour, James, 114, 119, 145, 194.
"Barnburners," faction of the Dem-
ocratic party, 229; convention of,
1848, 238.

Bayard, James A., reasons for aban-

doning Burr, 71.

Bayard, Thomas F., 349, 379, 387, 412,
414, 415, 440.

Bell, John, nominated for President,
289; popular and electoral votes for,
297.

Bentley, Charles E., nominated for
President, 532; popular votes for
567.

Bidwell, John, nominated for Presi-
dent, 508.

Bimetallism. See Silver.

Birney, James G., nominated for,
President, 202; popular votes for,
203; nominated, 1843, 216; popular
votes for, 223; accused of seeking
alliance with Democrats, 224.
Black, James, nominated for Presi-
dent, 340; popular votes for, 352.
Blaine, James G., 330, 362, 368, 373,
402, 407, 408, 427; nominated for Pres-
ident, 432; popular and electoral
votes for, 448; Paris interview on
the tariff, 458; withdraws from the
canvass for 1888, 459; attempt to
stampede convention for, 478; Sec-
retary of State, 489, 492; resigns,
493; votes for, in convention of 1892,
497.

Blair, Francis P., Jr., nominated for
Vice-President, 326; popular and
electoral votes for, 328.
"Bloody shirt," waving the, 357.
Bonds, taxation of United States.
316, 322, 336; payment of, with green-
backs, 316, 322, 333, 336; issue of, in
time of peace, 544, 552, 556.
Booth, Newton, nominated for Vice-
President, and declined, 367.
Botts, John M., letter from, on Tyler,
207; in canvass of 1860, 289.
Bradley, Stephen R., call for a con-
gressional caucus in 1808, 90.
Bramlette, Thomas E., votes for, as
Vice-President in 1872, 353.
Breckinridge, John C., nominated
for Vice-President, 265; elected, 276;
nominated for President, 285, 287;

popular and electoral votes for,

297.

Bristow, Benjamin H., 363, 368, 373.
"Broad gauge" Prohibitionists,

528.

Brooks, John A., nominated for Vice-
President, 468.

Brown, B. Gratz, nominated for
Vice-President, 344, 349; electoral
votes for, 353.

Brown, John, raid by, 281.
Bryan, William J., 542, 547; nomi.
nated for President by the Demo-
crats, 548; by the People's party,
554; by the National Silver party,
557 his personal canvass, 563, 564;
popular votes for, 567; electoral
votes for, 568.

Buchanan, James, 138, 209; votes for,
in convention of 1844, 212; of 1848,
233; in canvass of 1852, 247; the Os-
tend Manifesto, 261; in canvass of
1856, 264; nominated, 265; elected,
276; his administration, 280.
Buckner, Simon B., nominated for
Vice-President, 561.

Burr, Aaron, votes for, in 1792, 39;

candidate with Jefferson in 1796,
44; votes for, 51; nominated by cau-
cus in 1800, 59; votes for, 63; be-
comes Vice-President, 73.
Butler, Benjamin F., 283, 330; in
electoral count of 1869, 331; in can-
vass of 1880, 411; nominated for
President, 423, 427; popular votes
for, 448.

Butler, William O., nominated for
Vice-President, 234; electoral votes
for, 243; in canvass of 1852, 249.

Calhoun, John C., 98, 117; proposed
for President, 126; candidate for
Vice-President, 132; elected, 135; re-
elected, 149; suggested for President
in 1844, 208; votes for, in conven-
tion, 212; negotiates treaty for an-
nexation of Texas, 227; votes for, in
convention of 1848, 233; the com-
promises of 1850, 245.

California, admitted to the Union,
246, 257; its vote divided in 1880,
418; in 1892, 517; in 1896, 566.
Cambreleng, Churchill C., political
mission in the South, 144.
Carlisle, John G., 440.

Cass, Lewis, votes for, in convention
of 1844, 209; nominated for Presi-
dent, 233; popular and electoral
votes for, 243; in canvass of 1852,
247.

Casus omissus, 119, 271, 450.
Caucus, Congressional, nominations,

Federalist and Republican, in 1800,
58, 59; Jefferson and George Clinton
nominated in 1804, 82; opposition to,
in 1808, 90; Madison nominated, 91;
nominations in 1812, 99; opposition
to, in 1816, 109, 110; abortive caucus
in 1820, 117; discussion of, and war
against, 1822 to 1824, 126, 130; result
of, 131; faults of the caucus system,

168.

Chambers, B. J., nominated for Vice-
President, 411.

Chase, Salmon P., 270, 290, 294, 321,
325, 340, 344.

Cherokee and Creek Indians, their
removal, 154, 157.

Chinese labor and immigration, in
politics and platforms, 335, 336, 371,
377, 401, 405, 410, 414, 416, 419, 430,
438, 444, 462, 469, 474, 502.
Cipher despatches, 381.
Civil rights bill vetoed by Mr. John-
son, 315.

Civil service reform, in politics and

platforms, 153, 158, 334, 337, 343, 347,
370, 406, 419, 430, 437, 457, 466, 469, 477,
496, 501, 536, 546, 560.

Clay, Henry, 98, 99; opposes the cau-
cus in 1816, 109; on electoral vote of
Indiana, 113; on electoral vote of
Missouri, 119; candidate for Presi
dent in 1824, 126; suggestion of a
coalition with Crawford, 132; popu-
lar votes for, 136; charged with a
corrupt bargain, 138; electoral votes
for, in 1824, 140; suggested for Vice-
President, 1828, 145; nominated by
National Republicans, 157; popular
votes for, 163; electoral votes, 164;
inquiry by, into qualifications of
electors, 184; his attitude in 1839,
193, 194; his letter on Texas, 210;
nominated by Whigs in 1844, 220;
popular and electoral votes for, 223;
defeated by Abolitionists, 224; in

canvass of 1848, 230; defeated in con-
vention, 237; the compromises of
1850, 245.

Cleveland, Grover, elected Governor

of New York, 420, 433; nominated
for President, 440; elected, 448; and
civil service reform, 457; events of
his first administration, 458; nomi
nated for reëlection, 471; popular
and electoral votes for, in 1888, 483;
in canvass of 1892, 493; nominated in
1892, 504; elected, 517; foreign rela-
tions during his second administra-
tion, 519; alienated from his party,
523; Democratic convention refuses
to approve his administration, 547,
548; commended by National Dem-
ocrats, 560.

Clinton, DeWitt, 78, 79, 92; candidate
for President, 100; votes for, in 1812,
104; a candidate in 1824, 126; favors
popular vote for appointing elec-
tors, 147.

Clinton, George, candidate of the
Anti-Federalists, 26; votes for, in
1789, 27; opposed to John Adams,
in 1792, 34; votes for, as Vice-Presi-
dent in 1792, 39; votes for, in 1796,
51; nominated by caucus for Vice-
President, 82; elected, 84; nomi-
nated in 1808, 91; repudiates the
caucus, 92; reëlected, 95; died in
office, 99.

Cochrane, John, nominated for Vice-
President, 300; withdraws, 301.
Colfax, Schuyler, 318; nominated for
Vice-President, 321; elected, 328;
defeated in 1872, 348.

Colorado, act to admit as a State,
vetoed, 315; admitted to the Union,
380.

Colquitt, Alfred H., votes for, as
Vice-President in 1872, 353.
Commission, Electoral. See Elec-
toral Commission.
Compromises of 1850, 245; in plat-
forms, 249, 252, 254, 258, 267.
Conant, John A., nominated for Vice-
President, 442.

Conkling, Roscoe, 361, 368, 373, 402,
408, 419.

Constitution of the United States,

provisions respecting election of
President, see Electoral System and
President.

Constitutional Union party, its for-
mation, 282; convention in 1860, 288.
Convention system: the first na
tional convention, 101; convention
suggested in Pennsylvania, 1824, 130;
the system discussed, 166; origin of
the system, 170; development of the
idea, 171; reforms made and sug-
gested, 174, 175, 420, 428.
Conventions, party, Abolition or
Liberty party, in 1839, 202; in 1843,
216; in 1847, 232; in 1852, 253.

American, in 1888,480.

Anti-Masonic, in 1830, 155.

Anti-Monopoly, in 1884, 421.
Barnburners, in 1848, 238.
Constitutional Union, in 1860, 288.
Democratic, in 1832, 160; in 1835,
181; in 1840, 199; in 1844, 211; in
1848, 232; in 1852, 248; in 1856, 264;
in 1860, 282; of seceders, 285, 286;
convention in 1864, 304; in 1868,
321; in 1872, 349; of "Straight"
Democrats, 349; convention in 1876,
374; in 1880, 411; in 1884, 433; in
1888, 468; in 1892, 498; in 1896, 541.
Free-soil, in 1848, 238; in 1852, 253.
Greenback party, in 1876, 367; in
1880, 409; in 1884, 423.
Know-Nothing, in 1856, 261.
Labor Reformers, in 1872, 335.
Liberal Republican, in 1872, 340.
Liberty League, in 1848, 232.
National Democratic, in 1896, 557.
National Republican, in 1831, 157;
of young men, in 1832, 157.
National party, in 1896, 530.
National Silver party, in 1896, 555.
Native American, in 1847, 231; in
1856, 261.

People's Party, in 1892, 508; in 1896,
550.

Prohibitionists, in 1872, 339; in 1876,
364; in 1880, 411; in 1884, 441, 442;
in 1888, 465; in 1892, 505; in 1896,
528.

Radical Republican, in 1864, 299.
Republican, in 1856, 269; in 1860, 290;
in 1864, 301; in 1868, 318; in 1872,
345; in 1876, 368; in 1880, 402; in
1884, 427; in 1888, 472; in 1892, 494;
in 1896, 532.

Union Labor, in 1888, 460.
United Labor, in 1888, 463.
Whig, in 1839, 193; in 1844, 220; in

1848, 237; in 1852, 250; in 1856, 273.
Cooper, Peter, nominated for Presi
dent, 367; popular votes for, 383.
Copperheads, 298.

Corrupt bargain, alleged, of Henry
Clay, 138.

Count of electoral votes. See Elec-
toral votes.

Cowdrey, Robert H., nominated for
President, 465; popular votes for,
483.

Cranfill, J. B., nominated for Vice-
President, 508.

Cravens, Jordan E., proposes amend-
ment to Constitution, 394.
Crawford, William H., 98; intrigue
in favor of, 109; favorite of the ad-
ministration, 126; candidate of the
caucus, 131; popular votes for, in
1824, 136; electoral votes, 140; votes
in the House of Representatives,
141; suggested for Vice-President,
in 1828, 145; his quarrel with Mon-
roe, 145 [note].

Credit Mobilier, 416.
Creeks. See Cherokees.
Crittenden, John J., 275, 289.
Cuba, acquisition of, 261, 272, 284, 287;
the rebellion in, 520, 536, 546, 553.
Currency, the, in politics and plat-
forms. See Greenbacks, and Silver.
Curtis, James L., nominated for Pres-
ident, 480.

Cushing, Caleb, 282, 285, 286.

"Czar," Mr. Speaker Reed as, 488.

Dallas, George M., 162; nominated
for Vice-President, 214; elected, 223;
votes for, in 1848, 233.
Daniel, William, nominated for Vice-
President, 446.

Davis, David, nominated for Presi-
dent, 338; declines, 339; in Liberal
Republican convention, 344; elec
toral votes for, 353; retires from Su-
preme Court, 388.

Davis, Henry Winter, on power to
count electoral votes, 277.
Davis, Jefferson, 284.

538.

Union and Harmony, in 1839, 194.

Vice-President, 271; electoral votes
for, 276; in canvass of 1860, 294.