. Hilton, defeated for ch'm. of Rep. state con., 1871,
iii. 258-9;
nominated for sec. of state, 1871, 264;
elected, 275.

Seceders, Barnburners from Hunkers, ii. 127;
Silver-Grays from Seward Whigs, 155;
Dem. senators from state senate, 163;
Hunkers from Barnburners, 180;
anti-slavery members from Softs, 197;
Wood delegation from Dem. state con., 249.

Secretary of state, stepping stone to Presidency, i. 364.

Sedgwick, Charles B., character of, iii. 55;
candidate for U.S. senate, 1863, 55;
defeated, 55.

Selden, Henry S., nominated for lt.-gov., ii. 237;
family of, 237;
character and career of, 236-7.

Suggested for U.S. senate, 1863, iii. 55;
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1863, 76;
elected, 83;
joins Lib. Rep. party, 284;
attends its Nat. con., 284;
opposes scheme of Fenton, 284.

Selden, Samuel L., nominated for Court of Appeals, ii. 211;
elected, 219;
brother of Henry R., 237;
character and career of, 237-8.

Selkreg, John H., Ithaca _Journal_, a leading Rep. editor, iii. 414.

Senate, state, number of members in first, i. 9;
election of, 9;
how apportioned, 9;
powers of, 9;
model of, 9;
who could vote for, 9.

Senate, United States, its enormous power, i. 118;
membership in it preferred to the governorship, 364;
years of its greatness, 386.

Senators, United States, service of Rufus King, 1789-96, i. 44;
Philip Schuyler, 1789-91, 44;
Aaron Burr, 1791-7, 49;
John Lawrence, 1796-1801, 70;
Philip Schuyler, 1797-8, 70;
John Sloss Hobart, 1798, 70;
William North, 1798, 70;
James Watson, 1798-1800, 70;
Gouverneur Morris, 1800-3, 71;
John Armstrong, 1801-2, 118;
DeWitt Clinton, 1802-3, 118;
John Armstrong, 1803-4, 118;
Theodorus Bailey, 1804, 156;
Samuel L. Mitchell, 1804-9, 170;
John Smith, 1804-15, 170;
Obadiah German, 1809-15, 170;
Rufus King, 1815-27, 211, 269;
Nathan Sanford, 1815-21, 233;
Martin Van Buren, 1821-8, 286;
Charles B. Dudley, 1829-33, 383;
Nathan Sanford, 1827-31, 347;
William L. Marcy, 1831-2, 385.

Silas Wright, 1833-44, ii. 1, 65;
Nathaniel P. Tallmadge, 1833-44, 39;
Daniel S. Dickinson, 1845-51, 93;
Henry A. Foster, 1844-5, 93;
John A. Dix, 1845-9, 93;
William H. Seward, 1849-61, 145, 205;
Hamilton Fish, 1851-7, 162;
Preston King, 1857-63, 243;
Ira Harris, 1861-7, 365.

Edwin D. Morgan, 1863-9, iii. 55;
Roscoe Conkling, 1867-81, 1