Robertson, then County Judge; and on the other ticket, whose motto was said to be " Union for the sake of the Union," wa* placed the name of the Hon. Abraham B. Conger, of Rockland, formerly State Senator. Amid the heated discussions in the county, at the public gatherings preparatory to the election, peace and order were everywhere preserved ; and when the result was reached, although the majority in Westchester County was decidedly against Mr. Lincoln, the verdict was, as readily as after any previous contest, accepted and sustained.

Among those chosen for office at this time was Edward Haight, who, although in the opposition, proved to be a valuable and useful member in the Lower House at Washington, during the first two years of Mr. Lincoln's administration.

With a statement of the patriotic movement, before the inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, to save the Union, in which this county participated, we complete this bird's eye view of its political history. To the convention to be assembled at Albany, delegates from the three Assembly Districts were chosen, and the following well-known citizens attended its sessions : W. W. Woodworth and Thomas Smith, of Yonkers, Darius Lyon, of East Chester, Dr. W. J. McDermott, of Westchester, from the First District ; Alexander M. Bruen, the Hon. James E. Beers, of Port Chester, the Hon. John W. Mills and the Hon. E. G. Sutherland, both of White Plains, from the Second District ; Judge Robert S. Hart, Uriah Hill,

s William S. Tompkins and James M. Baird (afterward ! Register of the county), from the Third District. I The following gentlemen had been selected as al- ! ternates: William Radford, James Parker, P. L. Mc- Clellan, Abraham Hatfield, William L. Bard, Henry E. Bird, Frost Hortou, Columbus W.Seeley, Drs. Benjamin Brandreth and William P.