eat, 1840, 45;
recovers state, 1841, 47;
divided into Radicals and Conservatives, 52, 126;
leaders of, 53, 126;
Radicals called Barnburners, 126;
Conservatives called Hunkers, 126;
Seymour unites two factions, 149;
nominated Seymour for gov., 1850, 156;
defeated, 158;
united, 1852, 169-78;
carried state, 178;
again splits into Hunkers and Barnburners, 180-5;
factions called Hards and Softs, 185;
defeated by split, 189;
split continued by repeal of Missouri Compromise, 195;
united again, 232;
Wood captures state con., 257;
Hards yield to Softs, 258;
indorses Buchanan and popular sovereignty, 258.

Democratic peace convention, ii. 354-8;
met at Albany, 354;
Greeley on, 354;
utterances of Seymour, Parker, Clinton, and others, 355-8.

Democratic state conventions, 1861, Syracuse, iii. 16;
1862, Albany, 38;
1863, Albany, 79;
1864, Albany, 101, 117;
1865, Albany, 128;
1866, Albany, 155;
1867, Albany, 178;
1868, Albany, 205;
1869, Syracuse, 226;
1870, Rochester, 230;
1871, Rochester, 269;
1872, Syracuse, 296;
1873, Utica, 308;
1874, Syracuse, 313;
1875, Syracuse, 325-6;
1876, Saratoga, 345-6;
1877, Albany, 378-84;
1878, Syracuse, 392-3;
1879, Syracuse, 418-24;
1880, Syracuse, 449-50;
also Saratoga, 460;
1881, Albany, 484-5;
1882, Syracuse, 487-91.

Denio, Hiram, nominated for Court of Appeals, ii. 184;
character of, 184;
elected, 189.

Dennison, Robert, report on canal, ii. 60-1.

Depew, Chauncey M., nominated for speaker of Assembly, 1863, iii. 53;
withdrawn, 54;
nominated for sec. of state, 1863, 75;
character of, 75;
elected, 83;
beaten for ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1864, 91;
places Greeley in nomination for gov., 1868, 195;
at Rep. state con., 1871, 258-9;
president Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, 296;
nominated for lt.-gov., 297;
defeated, 302;
cand. for U.S. Senate, 1881, 466;
at Blaine's request, 466, note;
choice of majority of Half-breeds, 466;
throws his votes to Platt, 468;
Platt's promise, 468 and note;
sees President about Robertson's appointment, 1881, 473;
cand. for U.S. Senate in Platt's place, 479, 480;
withdraws, 480;
president Rep. state con., 1881, 485.

DeWitt, Simeon, surveys route for canal, i. 242;
estimated cost, 242;
long career as surveyor-general, 321.

Dickinson, Andrew B., career of, ii. 399, note;
appointed by Seward, 399;