ated for gov., 1838, 22;
review of his administration, 23-5;
defeated, 28;
appointed to Mexican Claims Commission, 30;
canal policy, 49;
sec. of war, 94;
a Hunker, 127;
becomes a Barnburner, 169;
candidate for President, 1852, 169-72;
Seymour favours, 169-72;
sec. of state, 181-2.

Martindale, John H., record as a soldier, iii. 130;
nominated for atty.-gen., 1865, 130;
elected, 135.

Martling Men, forerunners of Tammany Hall, i. 132, 170;
charge Clinton with duplicity, 352.

Mason, Charles, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1867, iii. 174;
defeated, 188;
renominated, 1869, 226;
defeated, 227.

Matthews, James N., Buffalo _Express_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Matthews, Stanley, joins Lib. Rep. movement, iii. 283;
opposes Greeley's nomination, 283.

Maxwell, Hugh, collector port of New York City, ii. 153;
opposes Seward's endorsement, 153-4.

Maxwell, Robert A., nominated for state treas., 1881, iii. 484;
elected, 486.

May, Samuel J., rescues a fugitive slave, ii. 165.

Mead, Sidney, nominated for canal com., 1873, iii. 308;
defeated, 309.

Mears, John W., nominated for gov., 1879, iii. 412;
defeated, 427.

Meigs, Henry, member of Congress, i. 285;
correspondence with Van Buren, 285.

Mellspaugh, George W., nominated for prison insp., 1873, iii. 309;
defeated, 309.

Merritt, Edwin A., attended Lib. Rep. state con., 1872, iii. 296;
on com. to confer with Dems., 296;
nominated for state treas., 1875, 325;
defeated, 331;
nominated for surveyor of port of New York, 1877, 399;
confirmation defeated, 404-5;
appointed collector of customs, 1878, 406;
career and character, 406;
able administrator, 406;
confirmed, 409;
nominated for con.-gen. to London, 1881, 469;
confirmed, 477.

Miller, Elijah, father-in-law of Seward, i. 318;
early friend of Weed, 318.

Miller, Jedediah, opposes Tompkins' accounts, i. 276.

Miller, Theodore, nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1874, iii. 314;
elected, 319.

Miller, Warner, early career, iii. 467;
character and ability, 467;
aids election of Platt to U.S. senate, 1881, 468;
nominated for U.S. senator, 480;
elected, 481;
ch'm. state Rep. con., 1881, 485.

Minthorne, Mangle, daughter married Tompkins, i. 161;
leader of Martling Men, 161;
bitter opponent of Clinton, 161, 181.

Missouri Compromise of 1820, i. 272, ii. 190;
repeal of, ii. 190-5;
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