Chauncey Mitchell Depew 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
Depew c. 1908
Chauncey M. Depew in 1901
"When Depew goes to the Senate" by Homer Davenport, 1899
Depew's second wife, May Palmer
The New York Central Railroad was a railroad primarily operating in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The railroad primarily connected greater New York and Boston in the e
Chauncey Depew
…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. Depew was born in Peekskill, New York, on April 23, 1834, to Isaac Depew (1800–1869) and Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew (1810–1885…
The main concourse of Grand Central Terminal in New York City
The former headquarters of the New York Central Railroad on Park Avenue, known today as the Helmsley Building
Bond of the New York Central Railroad Company, issued August 1, 1853, and signed by Erastus Corning
A New York Central Railroad train on the High Line through the Bell Laboratories Building in 1936