My Memories of Eighty Years (Esprios Classics) - Depew, Chauncey M.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 - April 5, 1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911. After graduating from Yale, Depew entered the office of Edward Wells, a lawyer in Peekskill, as a student. Depew then read law with William Nelson of Peekskill, New York, from 1856-58. He was admitted to the bar in March 1858; opened an office and practiced in Peekskill until 1861. For a few months, Depew engaged in the brokerage business in New York City as a…mehr

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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 - April 5, 1928) was an attorney for Cornelius Vanderbilt's railroad interests, president of the New York Central Railroad System, and a United States Senator from New York from 1899 to 1911. After graduating from Yale, Depew entered the office of Edward Wells, a lawyer in Peekskill, as a student. Depew then read law with William Nelson of Peekskill, New York, from 1856-58. He was admitted to the bar in March 1858; opened an office and practiced in Peekskill until 1861. For a few months, Depew engaged in the brokerage business in New York City as a member of the firm Depew and Potter, but then resumed his law practice in Peekskill.
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew was an American lawyer, businessman, and Republican politician who was born April 23, 1834, and died April 5, 1928. It is mostly his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroad System that he is known for. He was a senator from New York for two terms. In Peekskill, New York, on April 23, 1834, Isaac Depew (1800-1869) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew had a child. Depew was born. Depew's father was a trader and farmer who helped make river travel possible between Peekskill and New York. He came from the family of Francois DuPuy, a French Huguenot who bought land from native people where Peekskill is now located. He was related to Rev. Josiah Sherman through his mother. Rev. Josiah Sherman was a priest and captain in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of American founder Roger Sherman and Rev. Charles Chauncy, who was the second president of Harvard College. He ran for office and worked as a student lawyer in New York for John C. Frémont in 1856 and for Abraham Lincoln in 1860.