Van Buren, Martin, "boss" of New York, 14;
in Senate, 16, 17, 18, 58;
in Jackson's favor, 62, 63;
Calhoun rival, 64, 65;
Minister to England, 68;
for Vice-President, 68;
and Jackson, 73, 83, 89;
for President, 92;
conservative, 94;
spoils system, 96;
difficulties, 97, 100;
and panic of 1837, 102;
and Independent Treasury, 103;
and Texas, 104, 105, 107, 121, 127, 167;
and opposition, 108;
and Democrats, 109;
blamed for panic, 110;
and campaign of 1840, 111, 114, 120;
and Walker, 129;
not renominated, 130, 147;
against Cass, 172;
Free-Soil candidate, 173.

Vance, Zebulon B., opposed to Davis, 312.

Vanderbilt, Commodore, steamboat and railroad lines, 192.

Vermont, for Scott, 182.

Verplanck Tariff Bill, Jackson's measure, 73.

Vicksburg, 293.

Virginia, 3, 7, 10, 11, 13, 14;
for Jackson, 18, 23, 28, 30;
depression, 39;
and nullification, 46, 50, 55, 67, 72;
embassy from, to South Carolina, 75;
internal improvements and debt, 98;
for Van Buren, 111;
banks, 115, 117;
loses representative, 121;
Van Buren and Texas, 128, 132, 133, 140, 143, 149;
and slavery, 161, 162;
and Compromise of 1850, 178, 195;
convicts, in 1860, 213;
springs, 214;
Know-Nothing fight, 242;
John Brown raid, 258, 264;
calls peace conference, 272;
secession of, 275;
Union areas, 279;
western revolt and statehood, 279;
resistance to conscript laws, 311;
opposition party, 312, 323.

Wade, Benjamin F., 242, 253, 299.

Walker, Robert J., Senator, 128;
Texas and Oregon letter, 129;
Baltimore Convention, 129, 140, 147;
Secretary of the Treasury, 147;
Independent Treasury, 150;
Tariff of 1846, 150, 151;
for annexing Mexico, 157, 235;
Governor of Kansas, 249;
clash with Van Buren, 249;
financial agent of United States in Europe, 315.

Walker, William, 198, 235.

War of 1812, 84;
debt paid, 99;
and New England, 268.

Washington, D.C., and Bank, 79, 209.

Washington Territory, 199.

Webster, Daniel, 15, 17, 30, 37, 54, 55;
debate with Hayne, 61, 63, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 79, 80, 82, 84, 91, 93,
96, 107, 108, 110;
and Clay, 117;
Ashburton Treaty, 123, 125;
mission to England, 126;
resigns as Secretary of State, 126;
and campaign of 1844, 131;
and Oregon, 149, 150, 152;
and "all of Mexico," 158;
snubbed, 171, 172, 173;
and Compromise of 1850, 176, 179;
"Seventh-of-March" speech