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Chauncey Mitchell Depew
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew

American politician
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Born:
April 23, 1834, Peekskill, N.Y., U.S.
Died:
April 5, 1928, New York City (aged 93)
Title / Office:
United States Senate (1899-1911), United States
Political Affiliation:
Republican Party
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (born April 23, 1834, Peekskill, N.Y., U.S.—died April 5, 1928, New York City) was an American railroad lawyer and politician who is best remembered as an orator, a wit, and an after-dinner speaker. Entering politics as a Republican, Depew served as a member of the New York Assembly (1861–62) and as secretary of state of New York (1864–65). In 1866 he declined an appointment as the first U.S. minister to Japan in order to become an attorney and lobbyist for Cornelius Vanderbilt’s New York and Harlem Railroad. Eventually he rose to be president of the New York ...(100 of 151 words)

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