Webb, James Watson, leaves Jackson party, 1832, i. 393; editor of _Courier and Enquirer_, 393.

Career of, ii. 161-2; duel with Marshall, 161; challenges Cilley, 161; appearance of, 161; unites _Courier_ with _Enquirer_, 162; supports the Silver-Grays, 162; defeated for minister to Austria, 162; candidate for U.S. Senate, 161-2; endorses Weed"s compromise, 337.

Webster, Daniel, on Philip Schuyler, i. 18; teller at John Q. Adams" election, 343; defeats Van Buren, 387; United States Bank, 393.

Weed, Joel, father of Thurlow, i. 317; could not make a living, 317; moved five times in ten years, 317.

Weed, Smith M., dispatches sent from South Carolina, 1876, iii. 351.

Weed, Thurlow, on Albany Regency, i. 294; career, character, and gifts of, 317-19; precocious, 318; friends of best people, 318; love match, 319; slow in getting established, 319; helped Southwick, 1822, 319; supports Adams, 1824, 324; opposes Clinton"s removal, 328; sleepless and tireless worker, 338; united friends of Clay and Adams, 338-9; well kept secret, 339; Van Buren hit, 340, 344; kept faith, 340-1; predicts Granger"s defeat, 368; accepted leader against Van Buren, 369-70; founded _Anti-Masonic Enquirer_, 370; a born fighter, 371; investigates crime of 1826, 370; selects able lieutenants, 371; incident of his poverty, 373; founds _Evening Journal_, 374; pungent paragraphs, 374, note; met Croswell in boyhood, 374; rival editors estranged, 375; Croswell seeks aid of, 375; growth of the _Journal_, 375; "the Marcy patch," 395; opposed to the United States Bank, 396, note; organisation of Whig party, 394-401; favours Seward for gov., 1834, 401.

On Democratic organisation, ii. 2; Seward for gov., 1838, 19-21; Fellows-Allen case, 22; Seward"s election, 29; Dictator, 31-3, 36-8; creates trouble, 38-9; carries state Senate, 39; made state printer, 39; supports Harrison, 40; unhappy, 1844, 84-5; Clay"s Alabama letter, 87-8; opposed to Young for gov., 118; for Taylor, 1848, 135-7; breaks with Fillmore, 148; a.s.sails Castle Garden meeting, 157; defeats Fillmore, 166-7; favours Scott, 166-7; Scott"s defeat, 178-9; Greeley"s appeal to, for gov., 198, note; opposed to a Rep. party, 1854, 200; at birth of party, 1855, 213; criticised for delaying it, 219-21; Seward and the Presidency, 229-32; controlled election of U.S. senator, 1857, 243-5; at Chicago con., 283; Bowles on, 283; offered Lane money to carry Indiana, 287, note; weeps over Seward"s defeat, 291; returns Greeley"s letter of 1854, 311; denies seeing it, 318, 323; replies to it, 318-23; predicts Lincoln"s election, 332; proposed compromise, 336-44; Greeley opposed, 343; Lincoln opposed, 344; work as a boss, 362; relations with Lincoln, 362; opposed Greeley for U.S. Senate, 363-5; strained relations with Harris, 366; Barney"s appointment, 390-7.

Criticised by Southern press, 1861, iii. 10; proposed conduct of the war, 14; names Dix for gov., 1862, 37; return from London, 41; view of emanc.i.p.ation, 42; pushes Morgan for U.S. Senate, 56; controls ca.n.a.l patronage, 56; withdraws from _Evening Journal_, 56; did not return to Rochester, 57; No. 12 Astor House, 58; his services, 58; his patriotism, 58; cradle of "Amens," 58; takes message from Lincoln to Seymour, 62; resents retention of Barney, 85; Lincoln sends for him, 86; plan for peace, 86; continues slavery, 86; rejected by Lincoln, 87; Barney to be removed, 87; influence lessened, 89, 90; beaten in Rep. state con., 1864, 91; favours nomination of Grant, 93; fickle support of the Vice President, 94; Lincoln ignores his wishes, 97; writes Seward of hopeless outlook, 1864, 104; fails to defeat Greeley, 1864, 117; supports Johnson, 130; manages Saratoga con., 1866, 144; also Philadelphia con., 1866, 144; favours Dix for gov., 1866, 155; surprised by Pierrepont"s change, 159; supports Hoffman, 1866, 161; complains of President"s action, 162; favours Grant, 1868, 190; opposes Fenton, 1869, 192; influence of his absence, 222; declines to head electoral ticket, 1872, 296; suggests name of Dougla.s.s, 296, note; favours greenbacks, 390; fails to attend Rep. state con., 1878, because of feebleness, 412.

Wendell, Nathan D., nominated for state treas., iii. 416; elected, 427.

West, DeWitt C., strong supporter of Tam., iii. 383.

Wheaton, Henry, supports Adams, 1824, i. 324; gifts and career of, 324-5; edited _National Advocate_, 324; leader in People"s party, 324; Clinton"s dislike of, 330, note.

Wheeler, William A., career and character, iii. 335; nominated for Vice President, 1876, 335-6; declared elected, 350; declined to run for ch"m. of Rep. state con., 1879, 413; not a fighter, 413, note; presented for U.S. senator, 1881, 467.

Whig party, formed, 1834, i. 399; name first used, 399; opponents of, 399; Webster on, 401; its first campaign, 399-401; first state con., 401; Seward its first candidate for gov., 401; hot campaign, 402-4; defeated, 404.

Without a national platform, 1840, ii. 40; log cabin campaign, 43-5; its humiliation, 47-54; defeated by Clay"s letter, 1844, 89; divided into Radicals and Conservatives, 116; elects Young gov., 120; carries state, 1847, 127; without platform, 1848, 138; carries state, 1848, 143; elects Seward U.S. senator, 145-7; elects state officers, 1849, 150; approves higher law speech, 153-5; nominated Hunt for gov., 1850, 154; Silver-Grays secede, 155; Hunt elected, 158; avoids slavery issue, 1851, 163-5; loses state, 165; Greeley on, 165-6; Fish on, 166; defeated, 1852, 179; carries state, 1853, 189; Clark nominated for gov., 199; elected, 203; unites with Anti-Nebraska Dems., 194; see Rep. party.

Whig platform, 1852, Greeley on, ii. 175; Seward on, 175.

Whigs, during Revolution, i. 24; moderate and ultra, 24.

White, Andrew D., about Ira Harris, iii. 166; presents Conkling"s name for U.S. senator, 170; about Seward, 213; writes of election frauds, 1868, 215; ch"m. Rep. state con., 1871, 258-9; criticism of, 239-60 and note.

White, Hugh L., candidate of Southern Whigs, 1836, ii. 11.

Whitney, William C., an organiser of County Democracy, iii. 483.

Whittlesey, Frederick, editor, Rochester _Republican_, i. 370; strong Anti-Mason, 370; confidence in Weed, 375.

Wickham, William H., nominated for mayor of New York, 1874, iii. 314; character, 314, note; elected, 319.

Wide-awakes, marching body of young men, 1860, ii. 328; their great number, 328.

Wilkin, James W., defeated for U.S. senator, i. 211; result of a bargain, 211-2.

Wilkin, Samuel J., nominated for lt.-gov., ii. 80; character and career of, 80; defeated, 89.

Wilkinson, James, commands on Canadian border, i. 223; career and character of, 223-4; fails, quarrels, and retires in disgrace, 225.

Willers, Diedrich, nominated for sec. of state, 1871, iii. 273; defeated, 275; renominated, 1873, 308; elected, 309.

Willet, Marinus, member first const.i.tutional con., i. 5; supports Burr, 1804, 138; appointed mayor New York, 155; army service, 155, 184-5; removed from mayoralty, 165; nominated for lt.-gov., 184; defeated, 185; opposed Jackson for President, 357; presides at meeting, 357.

Williams, Elisha, gifts and career of, i. 207; sneers at Van Buren, 255; opposes Tompkins" accounts, 276; member of const.i.tutional con., 1821, 298; nominated for a.s.sembly, 1827, 358.

Williams, Robert, in Council, i. 171; known as Judas Iscariot, 172.

Williams, William, nominated for State treasurer, 1861, iii. 24, note; defeated, 29.

Willman, Andreas, nominated for prison insp., 1862, iii. 45, note; defeated, 51.

Wilmot, David, ch"m. Chicago con., 1860, ii. 282.

Wilmot Proviso, supported by Preston King, ii. 102; the issue presented, 126, note; voted down by Whig Nat. con., 1848, 138.

Winans, Orange S., votes with Tweed, iii. 245; unfortunate bargain, 245, note.

Wirt, William, Anti-Mason candidate for President, 1832, i. 398.

Wood, Benjamin, N.Y. _News_, conspicuous as an editor, iii. 420.

Wood, Fernando, ambitious to be candidate for gov., ii. 223; character of, 323-4; early career of, 233, note; withdraws from Dem. state con., 249; captures state con., 257; a bold trick, 257; at Charleston con., 270; goes with South, 270; advocates secession of New York City, 348; Greeley on, 348-9.

Speech at Union Square meeting, iii. 6; defeated for mayor, 1861, 30; refused admission to Dem. state con., 1864, 101; calls a peace con., 1864, 106; Richmond humiliates, 106; death of, 107.

Wood, Julius, tells Seward of Greeley"s hostility, ii. 284, note.

Woodford, Stewart L., character and services, iii. 152; his eloquence, 152; nominated for lt.-gov., 1866, 152; elected, 165; suggested for gov., 1868, 193; nominated for gov., 1870, 238; defeated, 244; presents Conkling"s name for President, 1876, 335; brilliant speech, 335; New York presents him for Vice-President, 1876, 335; defeated, 336; work in campaign, 1878, 396; interview with Conkling, 1880, 443; presents Arthur for Vice-President, 1880, 444; reappointed U.S. atty., 469.

Woodin, William B., opposes Cornell for lt.-gov., 1876, iii. 338; at Rep. state con., 1880, 434; advocates independence of dels., 434, 436; agreed to support instructions of state con., 434; appearance and character, 436; avoids obeying instructions, 437; severely criticised, 437.

Woodruff, Lewis B., nominated for judge of Court of Appeals, 1869, iii. 226; defeated, 227.

Woodworth, John, defeated for Supreme Court, i. 156; defeated for U.S. senator, 156; removed as atty.-gen., 165; Spencer favours restoration, 232; opposed by Tompkins, 232.

Wool, John E., at peace congress, ii. 350.

Worth, Gorham A., banker, i. 318; early friend of Weed, 318; character of, 318.

Wortman, Teunis, bitter opponent of DeWitt Clinton, i. 181.

Wright, Silas, member of Albany Regency, i. 294, 384; appointed comp., 383; appearance and gifts of, 384; career of, 384-5; holder of many offices, 385; knowledge of the tariff, 385.

In U.S. Senate, ii. 1; writes for _Argus_, 2; att.i.tude toward slavery, 11; re-elected to U.S. Senate, 65; declines nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, 73; declines nomination for Vice-President, 73; nominated for gov., 76-8; compared with Fillmore, 80-1; elected, 89; approves const.i.tutional con., 100; vetoes ca.n.a.l appropriation, 101; bitterness against, 114-5; renominated for gov., 1846, 116; refused to pardon Anti-Renters, 119; defeated, 120; reasons for, 121-3; retirement to farm, 123-4; death of, 124.

Wright, William B., candidate for judge of Court of Appeals, 1861, iii. 23, note; elected, 29.

Wright, William W., nominated for ca.n.a.l com., 1861, iii. 21, note; defeated, 29; renominated, 1866, 159; defeated, 165; renominated, 1869, 226; elected, 227.