king, 91;
Root's opinion of, 91;
party triumphant, 91;
cand. for Vice-President, 98;
the tie vote, 98;
favours Jefferson's election, 98;
supported by Federalists, 98-9;
silent as to result, 102;
Van Ness, as a go-between, 103;
deceived by Edward Livingston, 103;
defeated for President, 104;
elected Vice-President, 104;
eulogised by Jefferson, 104;
sudden change toward, 105;
personal appearance, 106;
president constitutional con., 115;
helped Clinton's control, 115-6;
Clinton's dislike of, 116;
Clinton determines to destroy him, 116;
friends without an office, 119;
turns against Jefferson and Clinton, 121-2;
silence under attack, 123;
"Aristides'" defence of, 123;
nominated for gov., 1804, 131;
hopeless race from start, 131;
Hamilton's reasons for opposing, 133-5;
leader of secession, 134-5;
Lansing's withdrawal, 136;
reasons for election, 137;
powerful friends, 138;
defeated, 138;
challenged Hamilton, 139-40;
hostile meeting, 142;
death of Hamilton, 142;
indicted for murder, 144;
later career, 144-5;
character, 145;
unnatural parent, 146;
connection with Tam., 182;
clever trick to charter bank, 187.

Burrows, Lorenzo, nominated for gov. by Americans, ii. 249;
character of, 249;
defeated, 255;
manager Cons. state con., 1863, iii. 79, note.

Burt, James, in Council of Appointment, i. 156.

Burt, Silas W., appointed surveyor, port of New York, iii. 406;
confirmed, 409.

Butler, Benjamin F., district attorney, i. 289;
gifts, character, and career of, 289-94;
appearance of, 289;
relations with Talcott, 291;
law partner of Van Buren, 291;
member of Albany Regency, 293-4;
death of, 294;
sent to Assembly, 358.

U.S. atty.-gen., ii. 1;
practising law, 53;
at Baltimore con., 70-3;
declines to be sec. of war, 94;
a Barnburner, 120;
at Utica con., 131.

Butler, William Allen, son of Benjamin F., eulogy of Van Buren, i. 208.

Cady, Daniel, gifts and character of, i. 169;
career of, 169;
father of Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 169;
assails embargo, 169.

Cagger, Peter, at Charleston con., ii. 272;
opposes Union State con., iii. 15;
draft-circular, 82.

Calhoun, John C., resembled John C. Spencer, i. 264;
Clinton on, 386, note;
opposes Van Buren, 387.

Callicot, Timothy, proposition to Depew, iii. 53;
elected speaker of Assembly, 54.

Cambreling, Churchill C., leads