.

Steam navigation, history of its inception, i. 75-6.

Stephens, Alexander H., predicts civil war, ii. 279.

Stevens, Samuel, ancestry and career of, i. 376;
nominated for lt.-gov., 376;
defeated, 377;
energy of, 390;
renominated for lt.-gov., 1832, 393.

Stevens, Thaddeus, approves legal tender act, iii. 32;
dislike of Johnson, 132;
opposes his policy, 137;
defeats Raymond, 141.

Stewart, Alvan, nominated for gov., ii. 82;
character and career of, 82-3;
defeated, 89;
increasing strength, 89.

Stewart, William, brother-in-law of George Clinton, i. 117;
made asst. atty.-gen., 117.

Stillwell, Silas M., nominated for lt.-gov., i. 402;
character and career of, 402;
defeated, 404.

Stranahan, Ferrand, member of Council, i. 231.

Stroud, Reuben W., nominated for canal com., 1872, iii. 296;
elected, 302;
renominated, 1874, 315;
defeated, 319.

Suffrage, restrictions of under first constitution, i. 9.

Sumner, Charles, assaulted by Brooks, ii. 225;
Seward on, 225;
excitement in North, 226;
leads radicals in U.S. Senate, iii. 14;
opposes President Johnson, 128;
removed from Com. on Foreign Affairs, 278.

Sutherland, Jacob, appointed Supreme Court judge, i. 322.

"Swallow-tails," faction of Tam., iii. 325;
history of name, 325.

Swartwout, John, dist.-atty., i. 117, 121;
challenges DeWitt Clinton, 127;
wounded twice, 127;
leader of Burrites, 152.

Sweeny, Peter B., known as Peter Brains Sweeny, iii. 177;
Tweed's reliance upon, 177;
begins, 1857, as dist.-atty., 177;
the Mephistopheles of Tam., 178;
hidden from sight, 178;
city chamberlain, 178;
cost of confirmation, 178;
author of Tweed charter, 228;
takes position of most lucre, 229;
exposure of startling crime, 246;
resigns from office, 1871, 247;
escapes to Europe with plunder, 248;
compromises and returns, 248, note.

Sweet, Sylvanus H., nominated for state eng., 1865, iii. 129;
defeated, 135;
renominated, 1873, 309;
elected, 309.

Sylvester, Francis, nominated for state comp., 1877, iii. 377;
defeated, 387.

Talcott, Samuel A., atty.-gen., i. 289;
career and appearance of, 289-94;
genius of, 290;
compared to Hamilton, 290;
Chief Justice Marshall on, 290;
opposed Webster in Snug Harbour case, 290;
close relations with Butler, 291;
original member of Albany Regency, 293-4;
death of, 294.

Tallmadge, Fred A., elected to state s