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Oregon, 17, 100

Orendorff, Thomas, 417
Ottawa, Ill., 110, 111, 115, 124

Р

Palmer, Gov. John M., 322
Paterson, William, 70
Peace Jubilee Banquet, 56

Peggy O'Neal," see Eaton, Mrs.
John H.

Pendleton, Nathaniel, 162, 165
Perry, Oliver Hazard, 85, 148
Phelps, Professor, 4
Phillips, D. L., 250

Phillips, Hon. Isaac N., 314
Phillips, Wendell, 310

Pierce, Franklin, 8, 101, 194
Pierce, Representative, 16
Pinckney, Charles C., 69, 79, 251
Pocahontas, 360

Polk, James K., 24, 55, 100, 101,
128, 194, 332, 349
Pope, Hon. Nathaniel, 409
Pope, Judge, 205
Pratt, O. C., 171

Pratt, Orson, 215
Pratt, Parley P., 212

Prentiss, S. Š., 41, 83, 216, 311, 312,

356

President, the office of, 56-58, 62,
63, 74, 75, 76, 78, 79

Presidential contest, of 1824, 138,
139; of 1856, 106; of 1860, 108,
225, 226; of 1876, 13-18, 76, 77;
of 1884, 239, 240; of 1888, 241;
of 1892, 241, 242.

Preston, Senator, 154, 194, 339
Previous question, 73, 74
Prime, Dr., 135

Princeton, man-of-war, 222, 223

Proctor, Senator, 36

Purman, Representative, 16

Purple, Judge, 274

Q

Quintard, Bishop, 19, 20

R

Randall, Hon. Samuel J., 31, 32, 54
Randolph, Edmund, 336
Randolph, John, 55, 69, 79, 138,

139, 140, 147, 220, 339, 356, 391

Reagan, Hon. John H., 12, 28
Reed, Hon. Thomas B., 53, 54, 55,
246, 268, 269

Reynolds, Gov. John, 182-196, 202,
203, 418

Rhett, Barnwell, 98
Rice, Nathan L., 322
Richmond, Judge, 274
Rigdon, Sydney, 199, 212
Robinson House, Beverly, 20
Rodes, Solomon P., 344, 345
Rogers, Dr. Thomas P., 246-250
Roosevelt, Theodore, 61, 62
Rush, Richard, 178, 179
Rutledge, Edward, 69

S

San Jacinto, battle of, 101
Sandys, Sir Edwin, 360, 361
Santa Ana, General, 101, 256
Sargent, Aaron A., 348
Scates, Judge, 97

Schoenberg, Colonel, 151

Scott, Gen. Winfield, 8, 101, 114
Scott, Jr., Collegiate Institute,
Matthew T., 371-375

Scott, Matthew T., 371, 372, 373
Scott, Mrs. Julia Green, 371, 374
Seelye, Julius H., 16
Semple, Senator, 96

Senate, the, 64-66, 67-81, 337-341
Seward, William Henry, 90, 114,
154, 339, 423

Sharon, Senator, 169
Shaw, Judge, 274, 378

Shelley, Representative, 49

Sheridan, Phil., 330

Sherman, Gen. W. T., 101

Sherman, James S., 61

Sherman, Roger, 69, 72

Shields, Gen. James, 96, 171-173,

274, 330, 420

Slavery, 2, 3, 86, 102, 103, 105, 106,

108, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120,
121, 122, 123

Slidell, John, 89, 98

Smith, Capt. John, 360

Smith, Hon. David A., 409
Smith, Hiram, 206, 209, 211
Smith, Joseph, 198-213, 409
Smith, Joseph F., 208, 432
Smithson, James, 174-181
Smithsonian Institution, 174-181
Spears, Representative, 26
Spencer, Hon. Hamilton, 166

Springer, Hon. William M., 18, 25, Taylor, John, 198, 209, 210, 211

26, 49, 54

Stanberry, Henry, 80, 264
Stanford, Senator, 66

Stanley, Representative, 130
Stephens, Alexander H., 12, 30, 31,
98, 129, 133

Stevens, Hon. Thaddeus, 20, 80, 352
Stevenson, Adlai E., first impres-

sions of Lincoln, 8; on the law
and lawyers, 9-11; member forty-
fourth Congress, 12; speech in
favor of the Hayes-Tilden Elec-
toral Commission, 14–18; member
Board of Visitors to West Point
1877, 19, 20; member forty-sixth
Congress, 47; member Bimetallic
Commission to Europe, 56; speech
at Peace Jubilee Banquet, Chica-
go 1898, 56-59; speech before the
Senate upon retiring from office,
64-66; speech at Lincoln Centen-
nial Celebration, Bloomington,
Ill., 82-91; assistant Postmaster-
General, 243; speech at banquet
of United Irish Societies 1900,
329-331; speech at Centennial
celebration of laying of corner-
stone of the National Capitol,
334; speech at unveiling of statue
of Columbus, New York, 342-343;
Speech at Jamestown Exposition,
355-367; speech at dedication of
Matthew T. Scott, Jr., Collegi-
ate Institute, 371-375; speech at
dedication of Chickamauga Na-
tional Park, 376-377; address at
McLean County "Home Com-
ing," 413-433
Stevenson, James, 322
Stewart, Alphonso, 170,431
Stites, Judge, 321
Stockbridge, Senator, 66
Stockton, Commodore R. F., 222
Strode, Colonel, 111

Stuart, John T., 8, 93, 96, 353, 402,
409, 422

Sumner, Charles, 28, 114, 339, 352,
423

Swartout, John, 158

T

Talleyrand, Gabriel Honoré Ri-
quetti, 88
Taney, R. B., 111, 119

Taylor, Senator, 24

Taylor, Zachary, 62, 101, 106, 114,
409

Telegraph, Morse's

electro-mag-

netic, 129, 130–135
Terry, David S., 167, 168
Texas, 103, 125

Texas, annexation of, 101
Thatcher, Representative, 159
Thomas, Gen. George Henry, 101
Thornton, Colonel, 168

Tilden, Samuel J., 13-16, 40, 76, 394
Tipton, Hon. Thomas F., 47
Tombs, Senator, 114, 381, 423
Tompkins, Daniel D., 61
Travers, William R., 395

Treat, Judge Samuel H., 97, 274,
401, 402

Treaty of Ghent, 85, 100
Trent, S. S., 89

Trumbull, Senator Lyman, 339,
381, 382

Tucker, Randolph, 39
Turney, Hon. James, 187

Tyler, John, 61, 62, 98, 99, 101, 222,
223, 224, 310, 311

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Van Buren, Martin, 61, 75, 128, 129,
141, 142, 143, 144, 179, 203
Van Ness, W. P., 161, 162
Vance, Gen. R. B., 292

Vance, Zebulon B., 39, 66, 288-294
Vandalia, Ill., 96, 111

Venezuela, 242, 243
Vest, Senator, 37

Vice-presidency, the, 60-66
Vice-president, the, 60, 62, 63, 64,
75, 78, 79

Vigilance Committee, 168

Vilas, Hon. William F., 239, 240
Virginia, 356-367

Voorhees, Senator, 227, 333

W

Walker, Cyrus, 205, 206
Walker, Hon. Robert J., 107

Walter, Thomas U., 338
Washington, D. C., 334, 336-341
Washington, George, 69, 73, 84, 87,
88, 117, 119, 155, 156, 157, 161,
165, 177, 220, 221, 263, 314, 335,
336, 337, 366, 367
Watterson, Hon. Henry, 33
Webb, James Watson, 150, 151, 152
Webster, Daniel, 13, 59, 80, 97, 99,
102, 104, 106, 134, 142, 144, 154,
194, 286, 307, 308, 311, 312, 313,
338, 339, 381, 422
Weldon, Judge Lawrence, 9, 250,
346, 353, 354, 401
Wentworth, Representative, 98
Wheeler, Joe, 257, 269

Wheeler, Hon. William A., 21, 24,
47, 61

Whiteside, Gen. Samuel, 173
Whitney, William C., 239, 240
Whitthorne, Senator, 349

Wilkes, Captain, 89

Williams, James

Jeans"), 33, 34

D.,

("Blue

Williams, Hon. Robert E., 19, 274
Williams, Senator, 153

Wilson, Henry, 61, 66, 97
Wilson, James, 69, 71

Wilson, Gen. James Grant, 342
Wilson, Judge, 252

Wintersmith, Col. Dick, 216-218
| Winthrop, Robert C., 97, 134, 311,

343

Wirt, William, 79, 149, 150, 251
Wise, Henry A., 98, 151, 152
Wood, Hon. Fernando, 28, 133
Woodbury, Senator, 194
Woolford, Hon. Frank, 256-261
Wright, Hendrick B., 128

Wright, Senator Silas, 129, 134, 154,

194

Y

Yeardley, Sir George, 357

Young, Brigham, 198, 208, 212, 214
Young, Judge, 3

Young, President, 29

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