ed, 219-20;
carried state for Fremont and King, 241-2;
elect gov., 1858, 255;
made up of young men, 328-9;
elect Lincoln and Morgan, 333;
desired peace, 360.

Republican State Committee, proposes a Union state con., 1861, iii. 15.

Republican state conventions, 1861, Syracuse, iii. 21;
1862, Syracuse, 44;
1863, Syracuse, 73;
1864, Syracuse, 90, 115;
1865, Syracuse, 129;
1866, Syracuse, 150;
1867, Syracuse, 172;
1868, Syracuse, 193;
1869, Syracuse, 225;
1870, Saratoga, 235;
1871, Syracuse, 257;
1872, Utica, 292;
1873, Utica, 307;
1874, Utica, 315;
1875, Saratoga, 324;
1876, Saratoga, 336-9;
1877, Rochester, 362-77;
1878, Saratoga, 301;
1879, Saratoga, 412-8;
1880, Utica, 429-34;
1881, Saratoga, 485;
1882, Saratoga, 492.

Reynolds, Marcus T., wit of, ii. 390.

Rhodes, William C., nominated for prison director, 1861, iii. 21, note.

Richmond, Dean, original Barnburner, ii. 131;
leadership at Charleston con., 1860, 270-9;
character and career of, 271-2;
believed to be for Seymour, 276, 298, note, 299;
sustains two-thirds rule, 277;
defeats Douglas' nomination under rule, 277-8;
sustains admission of contestants, 300;
Dickinson's attack on, 302-3;
intentions of, 303;
calls Dem. state peace con., 354.

Opposes a Union state con., 1861, iii. 15;
reasons therefor, 16;
appeal to Seymour, 38, 39;
draft circular, 82;
del. to Dem. nat. con., 1864, 101;
opposes Seymour for President, 107;
supports McClellan, 107;
supports Johnson, and manages Saratoga and Philadelphia conventions,
1866, 144;
favours Dix for gov., 1866, 155;
sudden death, 158;
first unofficial man in America, 159;
dies in home of Tilden, 265, note.

Richmond _Enquirer_, resents unanimity of the North, 1861, iii. 9, 10.

Richmond _Examiner_, resents Unionism in New York, 1861, iii. 9, 10.

Richmond, Henry A., son of Dean, iii. 39, note;
succeeds father on state committee, 265, note.

Richmond, Van Rensselaer, nominated for state eng., 1869, iii. 226;
elected, 227,
renominated, 1871, 273;
defeated, 275.

Riker, Richard, dist.-atty., i. 117;
assailed by Van Ness, 124;
acts as second for DeWitt Clinton, 127;
Clinton fails to support him for Supreme Court, 218;
affection for Clinton turned into hate, 218;
Clinton removed him as recorder, 273.

Roberts, Ellis H., character and services of, iii. 169;
aids Conkling's