or U.S. Senate, 220.

Groesbeck, William S., candidate in opposition to Greeley, 1872, iii. 289.

Groo, Albert J., nominated for gov., 1876, iii. 346;
defeated, 350.

Gross, Ezra C., gifts of, i. 358;
eloquence of, 358;
death of, 358.

Grover, Martin, nominated for judge court of Appeals, 1865, iii. 129;
defeated, 135;
renominated, 1867, 179;
elected, 187.

Gumbleton, Henry A., clerk of N.Y. county, iii. 418;
removed from office, 418.

Habeas corpus, suspension of, iii. 16, 24, 27, 58.

Hagner, Henry, nominated for sec. of state, 1877, iii. 384;
defeated, 387.

Haight, Jacob, treas. of state, ii. 36.

Hale, Daniel, removed as sec. of state, i. 179.

Hale, Matthew, bitterly opposed third-term, iii. 429.

"Half-breeds," title of faction in Rep. party, 1880, iii. 437.

Hall, A. Oakey, known as "elegant Oakey," iii. 177;
"without ballast," 177;
good speaker, 177;
versifier, 177;
tortuous political career, 177;
succeeds Hoffman as mayor, 177;
tried and not convicted, 247, note;
served his term as mayor, 247.

Hall, Willis, atty.-gen., ii. 36;
character of, 37.

Halleck, Fitz-Greene, Tam. song, i. 182.

Hamilton, early life of, i. 3;
speech at age of seventeen, 3;
compared with William Pitt, 3;
association with Washington, 25;
at Yorktown, 26;
Washington on, 26;
admitted to the bar, 26;
defends Tories, 26;
opposes Clinton, 26;
collection of duties by Congress, 27-8;
at Annapolis, 29;
revision of Articles of Confederation, 29;
reasons for Clinton's opposition, 29;
del. to amend Articles, 29;
his plan, 31;
supports Madison's plan, 31;
signs Federal Constitution, 31;
Clinton reproves him, 31;
ratification of Constitution, 31;
eloquence and influence of, 31-6;
fear of disunion, 35;
hears from Virginia and New Hampshire, 35;
criticism of Clinton, 36;
on Robert Yates for gov., 38-40;
failure of coalition, 44;
control of Federal patronage, 44;
sec. of the treasury, 44;
first meeting with Burr, 45;
opinion of Washington, 46;
legend as to Burr and, 46;
opposed by R.R. Livingston, 48;
reasons for it, 48;
defeat of Schuyler, 49;
Jay's nomination for gov., 50;
assumption of state debts, 53;
Jay's renomination for gov., 65;
Jay's treaty with England, 65-6;
assaulted by a mob, 65;
election of Apr., 1800, 90;
Alien-Sedition laws, 90;
meets Burr at the polls, 91;
courtesy of, 91