Constitution of the United States, government provided by the, 2-4; relation of State government to, 5, 6; powers of Congress over elections, 22; eligibility to vice-presidency, 23, 24; adoption of the thirteenth amendment, 26-30, 55; the fourteenth amendment, 73-80, 82, 83; fourteenth amendment in the campaign of 1866, 98; fourteenth amendment rejected in South, 106, 109; fourteenth amendment with reference to revival of State functions, 110; tests of, applied to reconstruction bill, 113; in reconstruction bill, 120, 121; interpreted by the Supreme Court, 144; fourteenth amendment ratified in Arkansas, 197; ratification of fourteenth amendment completed, 202-205; action on fifteenth amendment, 217; fifteenth amendment ratified by Georgia, 240; provision for enforcement of amendments, 253-255 Covode, John, resolutions on Johnson, 171 Cowan, Edgar, action on the Stevens resolution, 57; in convention of 1866, 99 Cox, Jacob D., in Pittsburg convention, 102; becomes secretary of the interior, 231 Creswell, John A. J., in convention of 1866, 100; becomes postmaster-general, 231 Cronin, E. A., Oregon elector in 1876, 290, 291 Curtin, A. G., in convention of 1866, 100 Curtis, Benjamin R., counsel for Johnson, 176; argument, 182, 183 Cushing, Caleb, at Geneva arbitration, 311 Custer, George A., in Cleveland convention, 101 Davis, David, joins liberal republicans, 264; candidate for presidential nomination, 265; elected Senator, 287; relation to electoral commission, 288 Davis, Henry Winter, bill on reconstruction, 15-18; protest against Lincoln's proclamation, 19 Davis, J. C. Bancroft, at Geneva arbitration, 311 Delaware, in election of 1866, 104; votes for Seymour, 212 Delfosse, Maurice, on Halifax commission, 321 Dennison, William, resignation, 90, 142 District of Columbia, bill for negro suffrage in, 107; bill vetoed, 108; bill passed over veto, 109; bill on colored schools in, 216 Dix, John A., in convention of 1866, 99 Dixon, James, action on the Stevens resolution, 57; vote on impeachment, 191 Doolittle, James R., action on the Stevens resolution, 57; in convention of 1866, 99; view of the Stanton case, 189; vote on impeachment, 191 Drew, George F., becomes governor of Florida, 296 Durant, Thomas J., in convention of 1866, 100 Durell, E. H., in Louisiana politics, 270, 271 Edmunds, George F., on electoral commission, 286 Electoral Commission, creation, 284, 285; membership, 286-289; proceedings, 290-293 Emory, W. H., relations with Johnson, 175, 179, 181 English, James E., in convention of 1866, 99 Evarts, William M., counsel for Johnson, 176; counsel before electoral commission, 291; at Geneva arbitration, 311 Ewing, Thomas, in Cleveland convention, 101; nominated as secretary of war, 173 Farragut, David D., accompanies Johnson to the West, 102 Favrot, Alexander, at Geneva arbitration, 311 Federal government, system of, 1, 2