Depew', Chauncey

MITCHELL, LL.D., born at Peeks kill, N. Y., April 28, 1834. He graduated from Yale College in 1856, and subsequently received the degree of LL.D. from that institution. Studied law. In public life he has held the positions of Minister to Japan, member of the New York A embly, and Secretary of the State of New York. He has acquired prominence as a railway manager, and his services as a lawyer have been frequently sought by railway organizations. In 1882 he was elected second vice-president of the New York Central Railroad Company, and president in 1885. He is also president of the West Shore R. R. He has won fame as an orator and extemporaneous speaker, and delivered the oration at the opening exercises of the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago, Oct. 21, 1892. He is particularly notable in oratory for his rich vein of humor, and may be cla ed among the most racy and amusing of modern speakers. In 1884 he declined the U. S. Senatorship tendered him by the Republican members of the New York Legislature, and in 1888 was one of the candidates for the Presidential nomination.