Taylor, Zachary sent across Nueces River, 148; ordered to the Rio Grande, 154; into Mexico, 154; Monterey, 154; suggested for Presidency, 155; Buena Vista, 155; nominated for President, 171; slave-owner, 171; in Presidential campaign, 172; courted by North and South, 174, 175; and California, 176; defies South, 176; and Clay, 176; beaten, 180; death, 180. Tennessee, and Clay, 21, 22, 32, 40; and nullification, 72, 93; "slavery a blessing," 119, 121, 141; Presbyterians in, 143, 182; and Nebraska Bill, 238, 245; secession of, 275; Union areas, 279, 293, 311, 313. Tennessee River, immigration to, 13, 161; Grant on, 293. Texas, 16; American occupation, 25; desired by West, 24; and Van Buren, 89, 105, 106; applies for annexation, 104, 120; independent, 121, 125, 126; and England, 126, 127; Walker letter, 129, 130, 131, 132, 135; treaty of annexation rejected by Senate, 147; and election of 1845, 147; annexed, 147; disputed boundary, 148, 152; Slidell's mission, 153; secession over, 167; New Mexican boundary, 176; and Pacific Railroad, 233; secession of, 275. Thompson, Jacob, Confederate agent Canada, 323. Thompson, William Tappen, 227. Timrod, Henry, 227. Tobacco, 12, 35, 66, 75, 132, 186; staple, 194. Toombs, Robert, 175; and Kansas question, 244. Topeka Constitution, of Kansas, 250. Transcendental Club, 52. Transcendentalists, 226. Treasury of United States, full, 186, 292. Treasury notes, issued in 1877, 103. Trist, Nicholas, envoy to Mexico 156, 157. Trumbull, Lyman, 255. Tyler, John, against Jackson, 93; for Vice-President, 110; elected, 111; succeeds Harrison, 115; and Clay, 115; vetoes Bank bills, 116; Cabinet resigns, 116, 121; Texas and Oregon, 125; Texas treaty, 130, 131, 147, 168. Tucker, George, historian, 228. Twain, Mark, 227. _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, 184. Union party, Bell and Everett, 261; for conciliation, 270. Unitarians, 218; and abolition, 221. University, of Indiana, Presbyterian, 223; of Michigan, Methodist Chaplain, 223; of North Carolina, Presbyterian, 223; of South Carolina, 143; of Virginia, 143; chaplain at, 223. Upshur, Abel P., Secretary of State, 126; and Texas, 127; death, 127, 147. Utah, in Compromise of 1850, 176. Van Buren, Martin, "boss" of New York, 14; in Senate, 16, 17, 18, 58; in Jackson's favor, 62, 63; Calhoun rival, 64, 65; Minister to England, 68; for Vice-President, 68; and Jackson, 73, 83, 89; for President, 92; conservative, 94; spoils system, 96; difficulties, 97, 100; and panic of 1837, 102; and Independent Treasury, 103; and Texas, 104, 105, 107, 121, 127, 167; and opposition, 108; and Democrats, 109; blamed for panic, 110; and campaign of 1840, 111, 114, 120; and Walker, 129; not renominated, 130, 147; against Cass, 172; Free-Soil candidate, 173. Vance, Zebulon B., opposed to Davis, 312.