Congress, 7;
author of famous papers, 7;
Jefferson on, 7;
drafts constitution, 7;
proposed Council of Appointment, 12;
account of, 11, note;
abolition of slavery, 14;
withdraws from con., 14;
chief justice of State Supreme Court, 16;
suggested for gov., 17;
proposed Schuyler and Clinton for gov. and lt.-gov., 20;
extreme modesty of, 20;
defeated for del. to constitutional con. of 1787, 30;
member of Poughkeepsie con., 33;
mentioned for gov., 37;
chief justice U.S. Supreme Court, 44;
nominated for gov., 1792, 50;
previous refusals, 51;
career and character of, 51;
buzz of presidential bee, 51;
denounced as an aristocrat, 53;
campaign abuse, 53-4;
opposed by the Livingstons, 55;
counted out, 56;
anger of Federalists, 59-60;
dignified conduct, 60;
renominated for gov., 64;
elected, 65;
treaty with England, 65;
opposition to, 65;
burned in effigy, 65;
first term as gov., 67;
dodges the slavery question, 68;
appoints Kent and Radcliff to Supreme Court, 68;
opposed for re-election by Livingston, 78;
re-elected, 82;
approves Alien-Sedition laws, 85;
Hamilton's plan for electing Presidential electors, 92;
opposes DeWitt Clinton, 110;
refuses to reconvene Council of Appointment, 110;
fails to recommend abolition of slavery, 111;
close of career, 111-14;
character of, 112;
crowning act of his life, 112;
Canada in peace treaty of 1783, 112-3;
declines reappointment as chief justice of U.S., 114;
retires to his farm, 115;
favours DeWitt Clinton for President, 203-5.

Jay, Peter A., eldest son of John Jay, i. 273;
recorder of New York City, 273;
a thrust at high-minded Federalists, 273;
removed from office, 287.

Jefferson, Thomas, compliments Jay, i. 101;
opinion of Burr, 105;
swift removals from office, 120;
rewards the Livingstons, 121;
acts with Clinton in crushing Burr, 121;
opposed Burr, 1804, 137;
on _Chesapeake_ affair, 163;
orders embargo, 163;
repeals it, 179;
opinion of Stephen Van Rensselaer, 214;
on Erie canal, 244.

Jenkins, Elisha, reappointed sec. of state, i. 179.

Jenkins, Timothy, career of, ii. 247;
ambitious to be gov., 1858, 247.

Jennings, Lewis J., N.Y. _Times_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Johnson, Alexander S., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874,
iii. 315;
defeated, 319.

Johnson, Andrew, becomes President, 1865, iii. 127;
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