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286 INDEX HARRISON, WILLIAM HENRY (9th President), ii. 14; ancestry, 31-32; early military career, in campaigns against Indians, 33-34; governor of territory of Indiana and superin tendent of Indian affairs, 35; pur sues conciliatory course toward Indians, 35-36; council with Te- cumseh and other Indians, 36; de feats Indians at Tippecanoe, 37; service as a general in War of 1812, 37 ff . ; wins battle at Thames river, 40-41; resigns from army and is elected to congress, 41 ; elected state senator in Ohio, 42; presidential elector in 1824, and United States senator, 42; minister to United States of Colombia, 43; recall of, and quiet private life, 43 ; defeated by Van Buren for presidency in 1836, 14, 43; defeat of Van Buren by, in 1840, 16, 43-44; cabinet, 44; illness and death, 44-45 ; last words, 45; burial-place at North Bend, 45; length of inaugural address, 45-46; biographies of, 46; wife and chil dren, 46-47. Hartranft, John F., iii. 123. Hatton, Prank, iii. 215. Haven, Solomon G., ii. 152. Hawaiian islands, overthrow of mon archy and treaty of annexation of, to United States, iii. 265-269; an nexation of, effected under McKin- ley, iv. 56-57. Hawley, Gen. Joseph R., iii. 130. Hawthorne, Nathaniel, ii. 177. Hay, Eliza Monroe, i. 212. Hay, George, i. 212. Hay, John, secretary of state under McKinley and under Roosevelt, iv. 54, 111; succeeded by Elihu Root, 113. Hayes, Lucy Webb, iii. Ill, 158-159. HAYES, RUTHERFORD B. (19th Presi dent), iii. 91-92; birth and educa tion, 109-110; practises law, 110- 111; city solicitor of Cincinnati, 111; joins new Republican party, and supports Fremont in 1856 and Lincoln in 1860, 111; service as an officer during Civil War, 112ff.; Grant quoted on, 114-115; elected to congress while still in the field, 115; reputation as a legislator and man of sound judgment, 116; serves two terms as governor of Ohio, 116-119; defeated in canvass for congress in 1872, 120; elected a third time governor of Ohio, on a sound-money platform, 121-123; nominated for the presidency in 1876, 123-124, 204; in letter of ac ceptance lays stress on civil service reform, the currency, and pacifica tion of the south, 124-125; con test with Tilden over election, 125- 128; inaugural address, 128; cabi net, 128; takes immediate steps to smooth out difficulties in south ern states, 129-131 ; reform of civil service, 131-133; suppression of railroad strikes, 133-134; specie payments and restoration of silver as legal tender referred to in first annual message, 135-137 ; failure of congress to carry out recommenda tions of, 137-139; represses by force outbreaks of desperadoes in New Mexico, 140; puts Resump tion act into effect, 141; takes fed eral offices at New York and St. Louis out of politics, 141-142, 205- 208; vetoes bill restricting immi gration of Chinese, 143-144; ef forts of Democratic majority in congress to control power of, through appropriations, 144146, 179-181; estimate of administra tion, 154 155; honors bestowed on, after retirement to private life, 155-156; death, 157; tribute to strength of intellect and upright ness of character of, 157-158; wife and children, 158-159. Haywood, labor agitator, iv. 109. Headley, Joel T., i. 48. Healy, G. P. A., portraits by, ii. 200, 300, iii. 102. Hendricks, Thomas A., iii. 248; de bate between Benjamin Harrison and, iv. 8-9. "Henning s Statiites at Large," Jef ferson s share in collecting and pro moting, i. 116-117. Henry, Fort, surrender of, to Grant, iii. 32. Henry, James Buchanan, ii. 222. Henry, Patrick, visits Mount Vernon, i. 18, 52; impression made by Washington on, at first Continen tal congress, 19; Jefferson present at famous oration of, 115-116, 120- 121; heads legislative committee to welcome Jefferson home from France, 132; a leader in opposi tion to ratification of Federal con stitution by Virginia, 178, 199. Herbert, Hilary A., iii. 264. Herkimer democratic convention of 1847, ii. 18. Herndon, Commander W. L., iii. 233. Hicks, Thomas, portrait of Lincoln by, ii. 300.