lects men of Tweed ring for city offices, 314;
Havermeyer charges graft, 318 and note;
elects Tam. ticket, 319;
breaks with Morrissey, 1875, 325;
his faction known as "Short-hairs," 325;
ticket defeated, 1875, 331;
opposes Tilden, 1876, 341-2;
reunites with Morrissey, 1876, 346;
his ticket elected, 350;
breaks with Morrissey, 1877, 386;
Morrissey elected, 389;
controls state con., 1878, 392;
nominates Schell for mayor, 394;
badly punished by defeat, 396;
gov. removes his best friend, 418;
declares war on Robinson, 418, 420;
charges against, 420;
threatens to bolt con., 1879, 421;
exhausts argument and trickery, 422-3;
leaves the con., 423-4;
holds one of his own, 424;
accepts nomination for gov., 424;
alliance with Cornell, 426;
reasons for charge, 426;
crushed by defeat, 427;
refused admission to state con., 1880, 451;
holds con. of his own, 451;
fierce speech against Tilden, 452;
refused admission to Nat. con., 1880, 457;
cool treatment of, 458;
spectacular reconciliation, 458;
forces a state con., 1880, 460;
controls it, 460;
fools Irving Hall, 460;
held responsible for Hancock's defeat, 483 and note;
opponents organise County Democracy, 1881, 483-4;
dels. excluded from state con., 1881, 484;
holds balance of power in legislature, 1882, 487;
his demands, 487, note;
affiliates with Reps., 487;
forces way into state con., 1882, 488;
divides vote among four candidates for gov., 490;
supports Cleveland in stampede, 491;
joins County Democracy in local nominations, 1882, 498;
city and state tickets elected, 498.

Kelly, William E., aspirant for gov., 1864, iii. 117;
candidate for elector-at-large, 1864, 120;
defeated, 125.

Kent, James, on Schuyler, i. 18;
supports Jay, 1792, 55;
personal appearance of, 55;
on Supreme Court, 68;
character of, 68;
reforms of, 68;
on Hamilton in Croswell case, 132-3;
on Hamilton's future had he lived, 143;
on privateering, 265;
answered by Young, 265-6;
asked to stand for U.S. senator, 268;
in constitutional con., 1821, 298;
freehold franchise, 299-300;
heads electoral ticket, 1832, 393;
law lectures, ii. 104;
death of, 125.

Kent, William, son of the chancellor, ii. 31;
calls Weed the "Dictator," 31;
candidate for lt.-gov., 1852, 173;
career of, 173-4;
elector on fusion Dem. ticket, 1860, 326;
criticised by _Tribune_, 327.