nt from Dem. nat con., 1872, 287;
secures impeachment of Tweed judges, 293;
at Dem. state con., 1872, 297;
opposed by Tweed influence, 297;
nominates Kernan for gov., 298;
decides to run for gov., 310;
supported by Kelly, 310;
praised by Rep. journals, 311;
opposed by canal ring, 311;
dissuaded by friends, 311;
Seymour advises against it, 311;
insists upon making race, 312;
nominated, 313;
elected gov., 319;
message against canal ring, 321-2;
prosecutions, 323;
tour of the state, 323;
Rep. press criticises, 326;
speech at Utica, 327;
message of, 1876, a bid for presidency, 340;
opposed by Kelly, 341-2;
strength of, 342;
confidence of, 343;
a critical moment, 343;
nominated for President, 343;
letter of acceptance, 344;
fails to nominate Dorsheimer for gov., 345;
severe criticism of, 348-9;
denies complicity in cipher dispatches, 351;
attitude toward Electoral Com., 354-5;
relied upon Davis' vote, 356;
hurt by Conkling's exclusion, 356;
prestige weakened, 378;
publication of cipher dispatches, 394-5;
influence upon, 395;
party talks of his nomination, 1880, 447;
embodiment of fraud issue, 448;
opposition of Kelly, 448;
Dem. state con., 1880, endorses him for President, 449;
would he accept nomination, 453;
his health, 453-4;
gives Manning a letter, 454;
regarded as indefinite, 455-6;
settles question in telegram, 456;
did not know himself, 456;
an opportunist, 456.

Tillotson, Thomas, brother-in-law of Chancellor Livingston, i. 113;
sec. of state, 115;
assailed by Van Ness, 125;
removed as sec., 151;
restored, 154;
removed, 165.

Tinsley, William F., nominated for canal com., 1874, iii. 325;
defeated, 331.

Tompkins, Daniel D., nominated for gov., i. 155;
character and career of, 158-61;
compared with Clinton, 160-1;
elected gov., 161-2;
an issue dividing parties, 162;
sustains embargo, 164;
opposes George Clinton for President, 166-7;
renominated for gov., 173;
re-elected, 179;
opposes banks, 194-5;
ambitious to be President, 197, 232, 238;
prorogues Legislature, 197;
opposes DeWitt Clinton for President, 201;
renominated for gov., 212;
attacked by Clinton, 213;
re-elected, 215;
at zenith of popularity, 215;
jealous of Armstrong, 216;
distrusts Spencer, 217;
called the great war gov., 219;
refuses to give Clinton active service in field, 220