relations with Weed and Seward, 89;
renominated for President, 94;
did he suggest Johnson for Vice-President, 95;
ignores Weed's wishes, 97;
message, Dec. 1863, 98;
plan for restoration of Southern states, 98;
longs for peace, 102;
authority to Greeley, 102;
sends Hay to Niagara Falls, 103;
insists on abolition of slavery, 103;
unpopularity of, 103;
movement to substitute another candidate, 103-4 and note;
Weed and Raymond hopeless of his election, 104-5;
his iron nerve, 105;
interest in N.Y. election, 125;
elected, 125;
assassination, 127.
Lindenwald, Van Buren's home, ii. 45-6.
Litchfield, Elisha, speaker of Assembly, ii. 59;
career and character of, 59.
Littlejohn, DeWitt C., speaker of Assembly, ii. 207;
declares for Seward, 207;
opposes Greeley for U.S. senate, 364.
Livingston, Brockholst, brother-in-law of Jay, i. 6, 79;
on U.S. Supreme Court, 6;
hostility to Jay, 79;
cousin of Chancellor, 116;
appointed to state Supreme Court, 116.
Livingston, Charles L., speaker of Assembly, ii. 1.
Livingston, Edward, resents Alien-Sedition laws, i. 84;
advised to give up Jefferson for Burr, 103;
Burr thought him friendly, 103;
practises deception, 103;
U.S. atty., 104, 121;
defaulter, 104;
mayor of New York, 116;
goes to New Orleans to reside, 150;
sec. of state, ii. 1.
Livingston, Edward P., nominated for lt.-gov., 1830, i. 376;
unpopular manners, 376;
elected, 377;
defeated for renomination for lt.-gov., 1832, 395.
Livingston, Gilbert, supports Clinton for gov., 1789, i. 43;
his eloquence, 43.
Livingston, Maturin, son-in-law of Morgan Lewis, i. 147;
appointed to office, 147;
character of, 147-8;
removed from office, 151;
restored, 154;
defeated for Supreme Court, 156;
removed from office, 165.
Livingston, Peter R., hostility to DeWitt Clinton, i. 251;
makes war on, 255;
career and gifts of, 402;
joins Whig party, 1834, 402;
ch'm. of its first con., 402.
Livingston, Philip, in first constitutional con., i. 5.
Livingston, Robert R., member first constitutional con., i. 5;
appointed chancellor, 16;
member of Poughkeepsie con., 33;
in campaign, 1789, 42;
hostile to Hamilton, 47;
strengthens Clinton, 47;
left out in division of offices, 48;
ceased to be a Federalist, 48;
defeats Schuyler for U.S. senate, 49;
opposes Jay, 1792, 55;
steam navigation, 75-7;
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