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Depew, Chauncey M[Itchell] My Memories of Eighty Years.
New York Charles Scribner's Sons 1922 First Edition Hardcover Very Good
X, 417 pages, frontispiece (portrait) , cloth, very good. From the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition: "Depew, Chauncey Mitchell 1834-1928, American orator, politician, and railroad president, b. Peekskill, N. Y. Admitted to the bar in 1856, he was a Republican member (1862-63) of the state legislature and then secretary of state of New York (1863-65). In 1866 he refused the ministry to Japan in favor of serving the railroad interests of Commodore Vanderbilt. He served as general counsel (1875-82) , vice president (1882-85) , president (1885-99) , and chairman of the board (1899-1928) of the New York Central lines. Noted as an after-dinner speaker, he used his oratorical abilities to deliver nominating speeches at the Republican conventions of 1888 and 1896. He was elected U. S. Senator (1899-1911) but failed to secure reelection in 1910, partly because an investigation of life insurance companies revealed that he received an annual retainer from the Equitable Life Assurance Company. " ; 417 pages
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