See also:

• SAMUEL

SAMUEL See also:

• JONES
• JONES, ALFRED GILPIN (1824-1906)
• JONES, EBENEZER (182o-186o)
• JONES, ERNEST CHARLES (1819-1869)
• JONES, HENRY (1831-1899)
• JONES, HENRY ARTHUR (1851- )
• JONES, INIGO (1573-1651)
• JONES, JOHN (c. 1800-1882)
• JONES, MICHAEL (d. 1649)
• JONES, OWEN (1741-1814)
• JONES, OWEN (1809-1874)
• JONES, RICHARD (179o-1855)
• JONES, SIR ALFRED LEWIS (1845-1909)
• JONES, SIR WILLIAM (1746-1794)
• JONES, THOMAS RUPERT (1819– )
• JONES, WILLIAM (1726-1800)

JONES See also:

• SAMUEL JONES TILDEN (1814-1886)

TILDEN (1814-1886)  , See also:

• AMERICAN

American statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at New See also:

• LEBANON
• LEBANON (from Semitic laban, " to be white," or " whitish," probably referring not to snow, but to the bare white walls ofchalk or limestone which form the characteristic feature of the whole range)

Lebanon, 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, on the 9th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1814 . In 1834 he entered Yale University, but soon withdrew on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• ILL

ill See also:

• HEALTH

health, and later studied in the University of the See also:

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

City of New York . He was admitted to the See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar in 1841, and See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose rapidly to the front See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank . In the See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial troubles between 1850 and 186o it is said that more than See also:

• HALF

half the See also:

• RAILWAYS

railways See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the See also:

• OHIO

Ohio See also:

• RIVER

river and between the See also:

• HUDSON
• HUDSON, GEORGE (180o-1871)
• HUDSON, HENRY
• HUDSON, JOHN (1662–1719)

Hudson and the See also:

• MISSOURI

Missouri See also:

• RIVERS
• RIVERS, ANTHONY WOODVILLE, or WYDEVILLE, 2ND EARL (c. 1442—1483)
• RIVERS, EARL
• RIVERS, RICHARD SAVAGE, 4TH EARL (c. 1660—1712)

rivers were at some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time his dients . In spite of his activity at the bar, See also:

• TILDEN, SAMUEL JONES (1814-1886)

Tilden maintained an See also:

• INTEREST

interest in politics, serving in the See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

State See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly in 1846 and in the state constitutional conventions of 1846 and 1867 . In 1848, largely on account of his See also:

• PERSONAL

personal See also:

• ATTACHMENT

attachment to See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin See also:

• VAN

Van Buren, he participated in the revolt of the " Barnburner " or See also:

• FREE

free-See also:

• SOIL

soil See also:

• FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction of the New York Democrats, and in 1855 was the See also:

• CANDIDATE

candidate of the " softshell," or See also:

• ANTI, or CAMPA

anti-See also:

• SLAVERY

slavery, faction for See also:

• ATTORNEY (from O. Fr. atorne, a person appointed to act for another, from atourner, legal Lat. attornare, attorn, literally to turn over to another or commit business to another)

attorney-See also:

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

general of the state . During 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, although he opposed several of the war See also:

• MEASURES

measures of See also:

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

President See also:

• LINCOLN
• LINCOLN, ABRAHAM (1809-1865)
• LINCOLN, EARLS OF

Lincoln's See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration, he gave the See also:

• UNION
• UNION (known locally as Union Hill and officially as Town of Union)

Union cause his heartiest support . In 1866 Tilden became chairman of the Democratic state 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, and soon came into conflict with the notorious " See also:

• TWEED

Tweed See also:

• RING (O.E. hring; a word common to Teutonic languages; and probably cognate with the Lat. circus, Gr. KtpKOS or KpLKOS, Skt'. chakra, wheel, circle, cf. also " harangue "); in art, a band of circular shape of varying sizes, made of any material and used f

ring " of New York City . As the " ring " could be destroyed only by removing the corrupt See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges who were its tools, Tilden, after entering the Assembly in 1872 to promote the cause of reform, took a leading See also:

• PART

part in their See also:

• IMPEACHMENT (O. Fr. empeahement, empeschement, from em pecher or empescher, to hinder, Late Lat. impedicare, to entangle, pedica, fetter, pes, foot)

impeachment . By analysing the See also:

• BANK

bank accounts of certain members of the " ring," he obtained legal See also:

• PROOF (in M. Eng. preove, proeve, preve, &°c., from O. Fr . prueve, proeve, &c., mod. preuve, Late. Lat. proba, probate, to prove, to test the goodness of anything, probus, good)

proof of the principle on which the spoils had been divided . His fame as a reformer brought him to the See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor's See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair in 1874, and he at once gave his See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to a second set of plunderers—the " See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal ring," made up of members of both parties who had been systematically robbing the state through the maladministration of its canals—and succeeded in breaking them up . In 1876 the Democrats nominated him for the See also:

• PRESIDENCY

presidency, the Republicans nominating See also:

• RUTHERFORD, MARK
• RUTHERFORD, WILLIAM GUNION (1853–1907)

Rutherford B .

See also:

• HAYES, RUTHERFORD BIRCHARD (1822–1893)

Hayes of Ohio . The result was the disputed See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of 1876, when two sets of returns were sent to See also:

• WASHINGTON
• WASHINGTON (or WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE)
• WASHINGTON, BOOKER TALIAFERRO (c. 1859– )
• WASHINGTON, BUSHROD (1762-1829)
• WASHINGTON, GEORGE (1732-1799)

Washington from the states of See also:

• FLORIDA

Florida, See also:

• LOUISIANA

Louisiana, See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South Carolina and See also:

• OREGON

Oregon . As the Federal Constitution contained no See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision for settling a dispute of this See also:

• KIND (O. E. ge-cynde, from the same root as is seen in " kin," supra)

kind the two houses of See also:

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

Congress agreed to the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment of an extra-constitutional See also:

• BODY

body, the " Electoral See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

Commission " (q.v.) which decided all the contests in favour of the Republican candidates . Tilden counselled his followers to abide quietly by the result . In 1878 the New York See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

Tribune (Republican) published a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of telegraphic despatches in See also:

• CIPHER, or CYPHER (from Arab. sifr, void)

cipher, accompanied by See also:

• TRANSLATIONS

translations, by which it attempted to prove that during the crisis following the election Tilden had been negotiating for the See also:

• PURCHASE

purchase of the electoral votes of South Carolina and Florida . Tilden denied emphatically all knowledge of such despatches, and appeared voluntarily before a Congressional sub-committee in New York City to clear himself of the See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge . The attempts to implicate him in corrupt transactions were not successful; but his See also:

• POLITICAL

political opponents endeavoured to make See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital in subsequent See also:

• CAMPAIGNS

campaigns, out of the " Cipher Dispatches." The See also:

• REMAINDER, REVERSION

remainder of his See also:

• LIFE

life was spent in retirement at his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

• HOME
• HOME, DANIEL DUNGLAS (1833-1886)
• HOME, EARLS OF

home, Greystone, near See also:

• YONKERS

Yonkers, New York, where he died on the 4th of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1886 . Of his See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune (estimated at $5,000,000) approximately $4,000,000 was bequeathed for the See also:

• ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment and See also:

• MAINTENANCE (Fr. maintenance, from maintenir, to maintain, support, Lat. manu tenere, to hold in the hand)

maintenance of " a free public library and See also:

• READING

reading-See also:

• ROOM

room in the City of New York "; but, as the will was successfully contested by relatives, only about $2,000,000 of the See also:

• BEQUEST (from 0. Eng. becwethan, to declare or express in words; cf. " quoth ")

bequest was applied to its See also:

• ORIGINAL

original purpose; in 1895 the Tilden See also:

• TRUST

Trust was combined with the See also:

• ASTOR, JOHN JACOB (1763-1848)

Astor and See also:

• LENOX

Lenox See also:

• LIBRARIES

libraries to See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form the New York Public Library . See the Writings and Speeches of See also:

• SAMUEL

Samuel J . Tilden (2 vols.,, New York, 1885) and Letters and See also:

• LITERARY

Literary Memorials of Samuel J . Tilden (2 vols., New York, 1908), both edited by See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John B' elow; also See also:

• BIGELOW, JOHN (1817- )

Bigelow's Life of Samuel J . Tilden (2 vols., New York, 1895); and P .

L . See also:

• HAWORTH

Haworth's The Hayes-Tilden Disputed PresidentZal Election of 1876 (See also:

• CLEVELAND
• CLEVELAND (or CLEIVELAND), JOHN (1613—1658)
• CLEVELAND, BARBARA VILLIERS, DUCHESS OF (1641-1709)
• CLEVELAND, STEPHEN GROVER (1837-1908)

Cleveland, 1906) .