n, 41;
renominated for President, 41;
sub-treasury scheme, 41-2;
defeat of, 43-5;
retirement to Lindenwald, 46, 74;
Texas question, 65-9;
Hammet letter, 66-7;
Southern hostility, 70;
two-thirds rule, 71, note;
defeated at Baltimore, 71-5;
friends proscribed, 94;
a Barnburner, 127;
nominated for President at Utica, 1848, 131;
endorsed by Buffalo con., 133;
Webster's pun, 133;
Sumner on, 133;
defeated, 143-4;
supports Pierce and Seymour, 1852, 177;
criticised by Southern press, iii. 10.

Van Cortlandt, James, in first constitutional con., i. 5.

Van Cortlandt, John, in first constitutional con., i. 5.

Van Cortlandt, Philip, in first constitutional con., i. 5.

Van Cortlandt, Pierre, renominated for lt.-gov., 1792, i. 51;
supports DeWitt Clinton for President, 202.

Van Cott, Joshua M., nominated for atty.-gen., 1867, iii. 174;
defeated, 188;
nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1878, iii. 392, note;
defeated, 397.

Van Ness, William P., on Livingston's defeat, i. 83;
with Burr in Albany, 103;
practises deception, 103;
on Ambrose Spencer, 117;
on the Council's treatment of Burr, 119;
as "Aristides," 123-6;
law teacher of Van Buren, 207.

Van Ness, William W., gifts and character of, i. 153;
leads Federalists against Clinton, 154;
elected judge of Supreme Court, 157;
mentioned for gov., 236;
supports Clinton for gov., 1817, 248;
asks Kent to stand for U.S. Senate, 268;
charged with hypocrisy, 268;
retires from Supreme Court, 323;
early death of, 323.

Van Rensselaer, Jacob R., character and career of, i. 248;
supports Clinton for gov., 1817, 248.

Van Rensselaer, Jeremiah, lt.-gov., i. 180.

Van Rensselaer, Solomon, adj.-gen., i. 287;
summary removal from office, 287;
service at Queenstown Heights, 293.

Van Rensselaer, Stephen, candidate for lt.-gov., 1798, i. 82;
character and family of, 82;
candidate for gov., 1801, 115;
defeated, 115;
nominated for gov. by Federalists, 213;
record as a soldier, 214;
Jefferson's opinion of, 214;
in command at Queenstown Heights, 222;
failure of, 222;
resigns command, 222;
family and career of, 341;
brother-in-law of Hamilton, 342;
established Troy Polytechnical Institute, 342;
in election of John Quincy Adams, 343;
importance of his action, 343.

Van Vechten, Abraham, gifts and character of, i. 168-9;
refused a Supreme Court judgeship,