Rep. ticket, 163;
on Cornell's defeat, 1882, 495.

Beekman, John P., ambitious to be gov., ii. 172-3.

Belmont, August, at Charleston convention, ii. 272;
approves Weed's compromise, 338, 341;
del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, iii. 101;
1872, 287;
Ch'm. of nat. ex. com., 287.

Belmont, Perry, presented for gov., 1882, iii. 488.

Bemis, Horace, threatens to bolt leg. caucus, iii. 53, note.

Bennett, James Gordon, editor of N.Y. _Herald_, iii. 36;
contest with Greeley, 36;
favours Dix for gov., 42.

Benson, Egbert, atty.-gen., i. 16;
at Hartford con., 28;
at Annapolis, 29;
in Legislature, 33;
action on Federal Constitution, 33;
elected to Congress, 44;
appointed to Supreme Court, 61.

Benton, Thomas H., on Van Buren's conscription law, i. 232;
on Van Buren's rejection as minister, 389.

Betts, Samuel R., appointed to Supreme Court, i. 322.

Bigelow, John, ch'm. of Tilden's canal com., 1875, iii. 323;
declines Rep. nomination for state comp., 1874, 325;
accepts Dem. nomination for sec. of state, 1874, 326;
elected, 331;
Tilden's spokesman at Nat. con., 1876, 342;
bitterly opposed for renomination as sec. of state, 380;
defeated, 384.

Birdsall, John, on Supreme Court, i. 348;
induced to leave Anti-Masons, 397.

Birdsall, John, State senator, iii. 437;
declares he will vote for Blaine, 1880, 437.

Black, Jeremiah S., cand. in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. 289, note.

Blaine, James G., oratorical castigation of Conkling, iii. 168;
supported by Robertson, 1876, 335;
thought Dems. lacked firmness, 1877, 355;
why Dems. favoured Electoral Com., 355;
supports Conkling in contest to remove Arthur and Cornell, 405;
a striking tableau, 405-6;
again supports Conkling, 410;
name loudly applauded in state con., 1880, 433;
resented by Conkling, 433;
gets eighteen votes from N.Y., 1880, 441;
part in Robertson's appointment, 469-71;
Conkling's lack of confidence in, 471;
influence in Cornell's councils, 1882, 492.

Blair, Montgomery, letter to Welles, ii. 192.

Blatchford, Richard M., approved Weed's compromise, ii. 338;
acts as agent for the Government, iii. 7;
attends Saratoga con., 1866, 144;
thought Morgan's backbone missing, 222.

Blatchford, Samuel, law partner of Seward, ii. 165;
defeated for Supreme Court, 165.

Bliss, Archibald M., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296;
on com. to confer with Dems., 296.

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