Weekly_, 495, note;
mistake disavowed by publishers, 495, note.

Curtis, Newton M., at Rep. state con., 1880, iii. 434;
views as to independence of delegates, 434;
supports instructions of state con., 434.

Curtis, William E., activity in reform, 1871, iii. 268;
at Dem. state con., 1871, 272.

Cutting, Francis B., attends Saratoga con., 1866, iii. 144.

Cuyler, Theodore L., on Cornell's defeat for renomination, 1882, iii. 495.

Danforth, George F., nominated for atty.-gen., 1874, iii. 325;
defeated, 331;
nominated for judge Court of Appeals, 1876, 339;
defeated, 350;
renominated, 1878, 392;
elected, 397.

Davenport, Ira, supports Rogers for U.S. Senate, 1881, iii. 466;
nominated for state comp., 1881, 485;
elected, 486.

Davis, David, Lincoln's manager at Chicago con., ii. 288;
on Vallandigham's arrest, iii. 66;
favoured for President, 1872, iii. 282;
defeated, 286;
elected U.S. senator, 1881, 356;
fails to go upon Electoral Com., 356;
blow to the Dems., 356.

Davis, Jefferson, sharp controversy with Douglas, ii. 279-80;
reasons for secession, 375-6;
conditions on which he would accept peace, 1864, iii. 102-3.

Davis, Matthew L., urged for appointment by Burr, i. 121;
literary executor of Burr, 145;
leader of the Burrites, 152;
bitter opponent of DeWitt Clinton, 181.

Davis, Noah, cand. for U.S. Senate, 1867, iii. 166;
character and ability, 166;
Fenton not helpful, 171;
defeated by Conkling, 171.

Dawson, George, Albany _Journal_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Dayton, Jonathan, member Council of Appointment, i. 231.

Dayton, William L., nominated for Vice-President, ii. 229.

Dearborn, Henry, in command on Canadian border, i. 221;
career and character of, 221;
plan of campaign, 221;
failure of, 222;
offers to resign, 222;
further failures, 223;
retires, 223.

De Lamatyr, Gilbert, nominated for prison inspector, 1867, iii. 174;
defeated, 188.

Delegate conventions, beginning of, i. 250;
prototype of modern con., 327, 331.

Democratic national conventions, Chicago, 1864, iii. 107-9;
New York City, 1868, 196-201;
Baltimore, 1872, 287-90;
St. Louis, 1876, 342;
Cincinnati, 1880, 455-9.

Democratic party, organised by Van Buren, i. 349, 350, 365;
its first national con., 391;
opposes U.S. Bank, 393;
triumph of, 396;
sweeps state, 1834, 404.

Again in 1836, ii. 13-14;
first defeat, 29;
def