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Chauncey Mitchell Depew

Chauncey Mitchell Depew

American politician
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Chauncey Mitchell Depew (born April 23, 1834, Peekskill, N.Y., U.S.β€”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...

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