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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (April 23, 1834 – April 5, 1928) was an American attorney, businessman, and Republican politician. He is best remembered for his two terms as United States Senator from New York and for his work for Cornelius Vanderbilt, as an attorney and as president of the New York Central Railroad System.
The 1905 United States Senate election in New York was held on January 17, 1905. Incumbent Senator Chauncey Depew was re-elected to a second term in office. He was renominated unanimously after former Governor Frank S. Black dropped his challenge, and easily won the election given the Republican Party's large majorities in both houses.
Depew is located at (42.911758, -78.701600 [2]According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of 5.1 square miles (13 km 2), all land.. Depew straddles the towns of Lancaster and Cheektowaga and is 11 miles (18 km) east of downtown Buffalo.
The Village of Depew was founded in 1894 by George Urban and a number of wealthy investors, and named after New York Central Railroad President, Senator, and orator Chauncey Depew as a railroad stopover and service center, and by the first decade of the 20th century, its commercial heart was gathered around the corner of Penora Street and what ...
The first article of the series was published in March 1906 and focused on New York Senator Chauncey Depew and his connection to the Vanderbilt family, specifically Cornelius "Commodore" Vanderbilt who was the head of the New York Central Railroad company at the time. Depew worked as a lawyer until age twenty-nine, when he was nominated as ...
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