See also:

• SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

SCHUYLER See also:

• SCHUYLER COLFAX (1823-1885)

COLFAX (1823-1885)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, See also:

• VICE

vice-See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• UNITED

United States from 1869 to 1873, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in New See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city on the 23rd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1823 . His See also:

• FATHER

father died before the son's See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth, and his See also:

• MOTHER

mother subsequently married a Mr See also:

• MATTHEWS, STANLEY (1824-1889)

Matthews . The son attended the public See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of New York until he was ten, and then became a clerk in his step-father's See also:

• STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store, removing in 1836 with his mother and step-father to New See also:

• CARLISLE
• CARLISLE, EARLS OF

Carlisle, See also:

• INDIANA

Indiana . In 1841 he removed to See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• BEND

Bend, where for eight years he was See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy auditor (his step-father being auditor) of St See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph See also:

• COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county; in 1842–1844 he was assistant enrolling clerk of the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate and senate reporter for the Indiana State See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

Journal . In 1845 he established the St Joseph Valley See also:

• REGISTER

Register, which he published for eighteen years and made an influential Whig and later Republican journal . In 185o he was a member of the state constitutional See also:

• CONVENTION (Lat. conventio, an assembly or agreement, from convenire, to come together)
• CONVENTION, THE NATIONAL

convention, and in 1854 took an active See also:

• PART

part in organizing the " See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

Anti-See also:

• NEBRASKA

Nebraska men " (later called Republicans) of his state, and was by them sent to See also:

• CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress . Here he served with distinction from 1855 until 1869, the last six years as See also:

• SPEAKER

speaker of the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House . At the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of the See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War he was a leading member of the See also:

• RADICAL (Lat. radix, a root)

radical wing of the Republican party, advocating the disfranchisement of all who had been prominent in the service of the Confederacy, and declaring that " See also:

• LOYALTY

loyalty must govern what loyalty has pre-served." In 1868 he had presidential aspirations, and was not without supporters . He accepted, however, the Republican nomination as vice-president on a See also:

• TICKET (O. Fr. esliquet, also estiquette, mod. etiquette, from Ger. sleeken, to stick up)

ticket headed by See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

General See also:

• GRANT (from A.-Fr. graunter, O. Fr. greanter for creanter, popular Lat. creantare, for credentare, to entrust, Lat. credere, to believe, trust)
• GRANT, ANNE (1755-1838)
• GRANT, CHARLES (1746-1823)
• GRANT, GEORGE MONRO (1835–1902)
• GRANT, JAMES (1822–1887)
• GRANT, JAMES AUGUSTUS (1827–1892)
• GRANT, ROBERT (1814-1892)
• GRANT, SIR ALEXANDER
• GRANT, SIR FRANCIS (1803-1878)
• GRANT, SIR JAMES HOPE (1808–1895)
• GRANT, SIR PATRICK (1804-1895)
• GRANT, U
• GRANT, ULYSSES SIMPSON (1822-1885)

Grant, and was elected; but he failed in 1872 to secure renomination . During the political See also:

• CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1872 he was accused, with other prominent politicians, of being implicated in corrupt transactions with the See also:

• CREDIT (Lat. credere, to believe)

Credit Mobilier, and a congressional investigation brought out the fact that he had agreed to take twenty shares from this concern, and had received dividends amounting to $1200 . It also leaked out during the investigation that he had received in 1868, as a campaign contribution, a See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of $4000 from a contractor who had supplied the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government with envelopes while See also:

• COLFAX, SCHUYLER (1823-1885)

Colfax was chairman of the See also:

• POST

post See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

committee of the House . At the close of his See also:

• TERM

term Colfax returned to private See also:

• LIFE

life under a See also:

• CLOUD (from the same root, if not the same word, as " clod," a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages for a mass or lump; it is first applied in the usual sense in the late 13th century; the Anglo-Saxon chid is only used in the sense of " a ma

cloud, and during the See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his lifetime earned a livelihood by delivering popular lectures .

He died at See also:

• MANKATO

Mankato, See also:

• MINNESOTA

Minnesota, on the 13th of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1885 . See J . C . Hollister's Life of See also:

• SCHUYLER, PHILIP JOHN (1733–1804)

Schuyler Colfax (New York, 1886) .