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 296 INDEX champions compromise measures of 1850, including fugitive-slave law and admission of California as a free state, 187; election to presi dency, 188; stand concerning sla very, in inaugural address, 188; cabinet, 188-189; notable events of administration, 189-191; pro-sla very policy, 191; Ostend manifesto, 191-192; Kansas-Nebraska troub les, 192-195; defeated by Buchanan for nomination in 1856, 195; re tirement to private life, and travel abroad, 195; letter to Jefferson Davis in 1860, concerning a civil war over slavery, 196; last days and death, 197; estimate of char acter and career, 197-199; grounds for attitude toward slavery, 199; lives and portrait of, 199-200; wife and children, 200-201. Pierce, Jane Appleton, ii. 200-201. Pierrepont, Edwards, Hi. 93. Pillow, Gideon J., ii. 93. Pinchot, Gifford, president of Na tional Conservation Commission, iv. 136; dismissed from office of national forester by President Taft, 175. Pinckney, Charles Cotesworth, i. 93, 97, 102, 187, 202. Pinckney, Thomas, i. 93-95. Pinkney, William, i. 204. Pitt, Fort, i. 15. Platt, T. P., iii. 186, 211-212. Pocahontas, descent of Benjamin Harrison from, iv. 3 n. Pocket vetoes, i. 291, ii. 76. Polk, Ezekiel, ii. 91. POLK, JAMES K. (llth President), ii. 17, 78-79; account of boyhood and education, 91-92; admitted to bar and establishes successful law practice, 92-93; ability as an ora tor, 93 ; member of Tennessee legis lature, 93-94; member of congress from 1825 to 1839, 94; a consis tent supporter of Jackson s admin istration, 94; opposition to na tional bank, 95-96; service as speaker of house, 96; elected gov ernor of Tennessee, 97 ; suffers two defeats for re-election, 98; strong expression of opinion in favor of annexation of Texas, 100; events leading to nomination of, for presi dency, 78-79; elected president, 101; note struck in inaugural ad dress, 101-102; cabinet, 102; takes steps to precipitate Mexican War, 103-104; negotiations concerning Oregon boundary, 105-106; se cures passage of tariff for revenue only, 107-109; determined stand on question of internal improve ments, 109-110; no pro-slavery policy, 110-111; retirement to pri vate life, and death, 112; agita tion of slavery question depre cated by, 112-113; sincerity of views regarding annexation of Texas and Mexican War, 113-114; course in regard to Oregon bound ary question, 114; brilliancy of re sults of administration, 114115; admirable qualities of, 116; biogra phies and writings of, 116-117. Polk, Samuel, ii. 91. Polk, Sarah Childress, wife of James K. Polk, ii. 117-119. Polk, Col. Thomas, ii. 91. Polk, William, ii. 92. Pope, Gen., ii. 265, iii. 58. Porter, Gen. Fitz-John, ii. 263-264; defence of, by Grant, iii. 99; Presi dent Arthur s veto of bill to restore to retired list, 226. Portsmouth, peace of, iv. 114. Postage, reductions in, iii. 228. Potomac company, i. 168-169. Powers, Hiram, bust of Grant by, iii. 102. Prentiss, Sargent S., ii. 177. &quot;President&quot; and &quot;Little Belt&quot; af fair, i. 188. Presidents, nicknames of, ii. 26 n ; pensions to widows of, iii. 104; religious denominations represented by, 236 n.; re-election of, 264 n.; post-official careers of, 264 n. ; eight, of Welsh descent, iv. 3n.; pro posed provision for dignified retire ment of, and objections, 25-26; heights of, 38 n. ; ages of, 89. Preston, Captain, defence of, by John Adams and Josiah Quincy, i. 67-68. Preston, W. Ballard, ii. 138. Priestley. Dr., i. 140. Prince, L. Bradford, iii. 206. Princeton University, address by President Cleveland at, iii. 289; reforms inaugurated at, by Wood- row Wilson, iv. 207-210. Progressive party, organization of, iv. 145, 188; possible future for, 146. Protection, Jackson s opposition to policy of, i. 292; McKinley s championship of, iv. 37, 39, 42-44, 46. See Tariff. Public warehousing system, introduc tion of, ii. 115. Pullman strike of 1894, iii. 283-285.