pposed by Conkling, 32;
aided by sec. of treas., 33;
bill becomes a law, 33;
defeated for Congress, 1876, 350.

Spencer, Ambrose, appearance of, i. 55-6;
asst. atty.-gen., 70;
changes his politics, 87;
reasons for, 88;
relative of Chancellor Livingston, 88;
member of Council of Appointment, 107;
atty.-gen., 117;
on Supreme Court, 117;
appointment alarms Federalists, 117;
reasons for, 117-8;
character of, 118;
attack on Foote, 120;
assailed by Van Ness, 125;
opposes the Merchants' Bank, 148;
votes for Clinton for President, 167;
opposes charter of Merchants' Bank, 189;
and Bank of America, 195;
breaks with DeWitt Clinton, 197;
opposes him for President, 202-4;
denounced by Clinton, 204;
friend of Armstrong, 216;
distrusted by Tompkins, 216-7;
opposes Van Buren for atty.-gen., 232;
relations with Tompkins strained, 233;
favours Armstrong for U.S. Senate, 233;
becomes a candidate, 233;
beaten by Van Buren, 233;
breaks with Tompkins, 237;
relations renewed with Clinton, 245;
brother-in-law of, 245;
declares for him for gov., 246;
forces a broader party caucus, 250;
work in constitutional con., 1821, 299-310;
Yates' treatment of, 322;
later career and death, 322-3.

Spencer, Daniel C., nominated for canal com., 1876, iii. 339;
defeated, 350.

Spencer, John C., son of Ambrose Spencer, i. 263;
gifts, character, and career of, 263-5;
likeness to Calhoun, 264;
home at Canandaigua, 264;
DeWitt Clinton's opinion of, 264;
candidate for U.S. Senate, 266-7;
defeated, 267;
fails to become atty.-gen., 274;
speaker of Assembly, 276;
opposes Tompkins' accounts, 276;
headed electoral ticket, 1832, 393.

Seward's reliance upon, ii. 34;
sec. of state, 36;
ambitious to go to U.S. Senate, 38;
sec. of war, 48;
breaks with Weed, 48;
with Scott at Albany, 176.

Spencer, Joshua A., defeated for U.S. Senate, ii. 38.

Spinner, Francis B., nominated for state comp., 1874, iii. 325;
defeated, 331;
nominated for sec. of state, 1877, 384;
defeated, 387.

"Stalwarts," title of faction in Rep. party, 1880, iii. 429;
use of regretted, 482.

Stanton, Elizabeth Cady, daughter of Daniel Cady, i. 169;
gifts of, 169.

Starin, John H., aspires to be gov., 1879, iii. 414;
career of, 414 and note;
name presented for gov., 1882, 492;
defeated, 494.

State debt, Hoffman's estimate of, 1846, ii. 108-9