169;
assails embargo, 169;
becomes atty.-gen., 172;
removed, 179;
opposes State Bank, 188;
work in constitutional con. of 1821, 303.

Van Wyck, Charles H., ch'm. Rep. state con., 1866, iii. 150;
speech censored, 150;
aspires to be gov., 1868, 193;
ch'm. Rep. state con., 1870, 235.

Verplanck, Gulian C., gifts and career of, i. 400;
Whig candidate for mayor of New York, 1834, 400;
defeated, 401.

Wadsworth, James, native of Connecticut, ii. 235;
graduate of Yale, 235;
early settler in Genesee Valley, 235;
duel with Kane, 235-6;
interested in schools, 235;
wealthy and generous, 235;
averse to holding public office, 235.

Wadsworth, James S., son of James, ii. 236;
graduate of Yale, 236;
studied law with Webster, 236;
gifts of, 236;
appearance of, 236;
a Barnburner, 236;
ambitious to be gov., 236;
beaten by Weed, 235-6;
defeated for U.S. Senate, 244;
at peace congress, 350.

Member of Union Defence com., 1861, iii. 8;
aide on McDowell's staff, 8;
made brigadier-general, 8;
thought available for gov., 42;
war service, 42;
duties as a major-general, 42;
character, 43;
generosity, 43;
political strength, 43;
opposed by Weed, Seward, and Raymond, 43;
nominated for gov., 1862, 45;
criticised, 46, 48;
makes one speech, 50;
defeated, 51;
reasons for it, 51;
killed in battle of Wilderness, 91;
his defeat for gov. resented, 91;
his supporters control Rep. state con., 1864, 91.

Wadsworth, James W., nominated for state comp., 1879, iii. 416;
elected, 427;
name presented for gov., 1882, 492;
his alleged dels. used to defeat Cornell, 494.

Wagner, George, nominated for prison insp., 1874, iii. 314;
elected, 319.

Wakeman, Abraham, president Rep. state con., 1863, iii. 74;
postmaster at New York, 74, note.

Wales, Salem H., nominated for mayor of New York, 1874, iii. 314;
defeated, 319.

Walruth, Christopher A., nominated for canal com., 1874, iii. 326;
elected, 331.

Walworth, Reuben H., appointed chancellor, i. 366;
nominated for gov., ii. 134;
career of, 134;
at Democratic state peace con., 355.

Ward, Hamilton, at Rep. state con., 1871, iii. 261;
services and character, 261;
proposes a compromise, 261;
crushed by Conkling, 263;
nominated for atty.-gen., 1879, 416;
elected, 427.

Ward, Henry Dana, editor _Anti-Masonic-Review_, i. 370.

War of 1812, declared, i. 221;