History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Maxwell Evarts William Maxwell Evarts, senator; born in Boston, Mass.,February 6, 1818; was graduated from Yale college in 1837;studied in Harvard Law school and was admitted to the barin New York City in 1841; was assistant United States districtattorney, 1849-1853; chairman of the New York delegation tothe republican national convention of 1860; member of thestate constitutional convention of 1867-1868; attorney generalof the United States from July 15, 1868 to March 3, 1869;counsel for President Andrew Johnson upon his trial fo
History of the state of New York, political and governmental; . Maxwell Evarts William Maxwell Evarts, senator; born in Boston, Mass.,February 6, 1818; was graduated from Yale college in 1837;studied in Harvard Law school and was admitted to the barin New York City in 1841; was assistant United States districtattorney, 1849-1853; chairman of the New York delegation tothe republican national convention of 1860; member of thestate constitutional convention of 1867-1868; attorney generalof the United States from July 15, 1868 to March 3, 1869;counsel for President Andrew Johnson upon his trial for im-peachment in 1868; counsel for the Ignited States upon thetribunal of arbitration upon the Alabama claims at Geneva,Switzerland, in 1872; counsel for President Hayes in behalf ofthe republican party before the electoral commission in 1876;secretary of state for the United States from March 12, 1877to March 3, 1881 ; elected as a republican to the United Statessenate and served from March 4, 1885 to March 3, 1891 ; diedin New York City, February 28, David Dudley Field David Dudley Field; born in Haddam, Conn., February 13,1805; graduated from Williams college, 1825; admitted to thebar in New York City, 1828; member of the committee on legalpractice and procedure, 1847-1850; member of a committee toprepare a political, penal and civil code, 1857-1865; was electedto the forty-fourth congress as a democrat to fill the vacancycaused bv the death of Smith Elv, jr., and served from Januarv11, 1877 to March 3, 1877; died in New York Citv, April 13^,1894. 1879] KELLY DEFEATS ROBINSON 233 that, it was charged, gave the Republicans fourAssembly districts in New York. Although Kelly hired Shakespeare Hall in Syracusefor a convention of his own in case Robinson wasnominated, he entered the convention and robbed hisbolt of every pretense of principle. John C. Jacobs wasmade chairman. Tammany, which had deprived Hillin 1877 of the right to name committees, reversed itselfand sough
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