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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.
Republican Chauncey M. Depew had been re-elected to this seat in 1905, and his term would expire on March 3, 1911.. In the 1910 state election, 29 Democrats, 21 Republicans and 1 Independence Senators were elected for a two-year term (1911–1912), along with 86 Democrats, 63 Republicans and 1 Independence Leaguer [1] were elected for the session of 1911 to the Assembly.
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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 ...
Depew worked as a lawyer until age twenty-nine, when he was nominated as Secretary of State of New York by the bosses of the party. Soon after, the young politician encountered corruption when he reported the New York City population as much smaller than it actually was so that representation of the rival Democratic Party could be decreased.