POL9. E&HT Anthony. Negative by Brady. Edwin Stanton (Dec. 19, 1814-Dec. 24, 1869). Stanton served as Attorney General Dec. 1860-March 1861; appointed Secretary of War by Lincoln, Jan. 1862; suspended by Andrew Johnson, August 1867; restored by the Senate, Jan. 1868. Johnson's attempt to remove Stanton in Feb. 1868 caused the impeachment of the President. When Johnson was acquitted in May 1868, Stanton resigned. He was appointed an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court 4 days before he died. CDV. VG. $95

POL10. Gurney. Schuyler Colfax (March 23, 1823-Jan. 13, 1885). Congressional representative, 1855-69; Speaker of the House, 1863-69; Vice-president under Grant, 1869-73. CDV. VG. $75

POL13. Warren, Boston. Edward Everett (April 11, 1794-Jan. 15, 1865). Statesman, orator, and author. Professor of Greek at Harvard, 1819-25; editor of the "North American Review," 1819-24; member of Congress from Massachusetts, 1825-35; Governor of Massachusetts, 1836-40; minister to England, 1841-45; President of Harvard, 1846-49; Secretary of State, 1852-53; US Senator from Massachusetts, 1853-54. Spoke for 2 hours at Gettysburg before Lincoln delivered his 2-minute Gettysburg Address. CDV. VG. $50

POL14. E&HT Anthony. Negative by Brady. George Bancroft (Oct 3, 1800-Jan. 17, 1891). Secretary of the Navy, 1845-46; established Naval Academy at Annapolis; minister to Great Britain; candidate for Governor of Massachusetts. CDV. VG. $75

POL15. E&HT Anthony. Negative by Brady. Daniel Webster (Jan. 18, 1782-Oct. 24, 1852). Famous statesman, orator and lawyer. Federalist member of Congress from New Hampshire, 1813-17; member of Congress from Massachusetts, 1823-27; Whig Senator, MA, 1827-41; Secretary of State, 1841-43; Senator, 1845-50; opposed Mexican War and the annexation of Texas; Secretary of State, 1850-52. CDV. VG. $85

POL17. E&HT Anthony. Negative by Brady. Salmon P. Chase (Jan. 13, 1808-May 7, 1873). Senator from OH, 1849-55; Governor of OH, 1856-60; Secretary of the Treasury, 1861-64; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, 1864-73. CDV. VG. $100

POL18. Sarony. Samuel Tilden (1814-1886). American statesman and lawyer; leader against the Tweed Ring; Governor of NY, 1875-76; Democratic candidate for President, 1876; received 250,000 more votes than Hayes yet electoral college led to defeat; declined nomination in 1880 & 1884. CDV. VG. $65

POL19. Sarony, NYC. General John Adams Dix (July 24, 1798-April 21, 1879). American Statesman and general. US Senator from NY 1845-49; Secretary of the Treasury 1861; General 1861-65; Governor of NY 1873-75. Cabinet Card. E. $100

POL21. Russell & Sons, London. William Ewart Gladstone, (1809-1898). Eminent British statesman, financier, and orator. Served as Prime Minister an unprecedented 4 times. Cabinet Card. VG. $95

POL24. Brady's National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony. Silas Wright (1795-1847). American statesman; US Senator from NY, 1835-1844; Governor of NY, 1845-1847. CDV. VG. $75

POL31. Brady's National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony. George Bancroft (1800-1891). American historian, statesman, and diplomatist; Secretary of the Navy, 1845-'46; established the Naval Academy at Annapolis. CDV. VG. $75

POL33. E&HT Anthony. William Henry Seward (1801-1872). Lincoln's and Johnson's Secretary of State, 1861-1869. He was severely wounded by Payne as part of the Lincoln assassination conspiracy. CDV. VG. $125

POL35. C.D. Fredricks & Co., NY. Daniel Webster (1782-1852). Famous statesman, orator and lawyer. Federalist member of Congress from New Hampshire, 1813-17; member of Congress from Massachusetts, 1823-27; Whig Senator, MA, 1827-41; Secretary of State, 1841-43; Senator, 1845-50; opposed Mexican War and the annexation of Texas; Secretary of State, 1850-52. CDV. VG. $65

POL36. Silsbee, Case & Co., Boston. Rufus Choate (1799-1859). Distinguished American lawyer, orator, and statesman. Whig representative in Congress from Massachusetts, 1830-1834; US Senator, 1840-'45. CDV. VG. $35

POL37. Warren, Boston. Rufus Choate (1799-1859). Distinguished American lawyer, orator, and statesman. Whig representative in Congress from Massachusetts, 1830-1834; US Senator, 1840-'45. CDV. VG. $55

POL42. Gurney, NY. General William S. Rosecrans (1819-1898). Here is a brief history of Rosecrans:
    The enigmatic William S(tarke) Rosecrans was a brilliant strategist whose reluctance to commit men to battle would repeatedly aggravate his Commander-in-Chief. Poor tactical judgement and his disgraceful exit from a battlefield would picture Rosecrans as the loser in one of the worst routs of the Union Army in any theater, yet, within a year the General would be offered the vice-presidential slot under President Lincoln on the Republican ticket.
    Graduating from West Point 5th in a class of 56, "Old Rosy" rooms with James Longstreet, who plays a pivotal role in Rosecrans defeat at Chickamauga. He leaves the army in 1854 to pursue a career as a civil engineer. Over the next seven years Rosecrans becomes familiar with what is now the state of West Virginia, aiding his early success of driving the Rebels back to the Shenandoah Valley during the Kanawha Campaign. George McClellan, Rosecrans commander at this time, would later be dismissed by President Lincoln for his unwillingness to commit troops to battle.
    After Perryville, Rosecrans assumes command of what soon will be the Army of the Cumberland, and pursues Braxton Bragg to Murphreesboro, Tennessee. Bragg turns and fights at Stone's River, soundly defeating the Union Army on December 31, 1862. But Rosecrans did not retreat to Nashville, as Bragg thought and on January 2nd, 1863 the battle resumed. Bragg orders a charge against the Union line, which is easily turned back. Informed that Rosecrans is being reinforced, Bragg withdraws 40 miles to the southeast. Rosecrans regroups -- for almost 6 months.
    Lincoln angrily orders Rosecrans to advance. In what is probably one of the best strategic campaigns of the war, Rosecrans advances to Tullahoma in two weeks and -- stops. For six weeks he delays action, like McClellan, unwilling to commit men to battle. He devises a grand scheme, where most of his men swing south behind Bragg while a detachment of artillery distracts the Confederates in Chattanooga from the northeast. Informed of the federals approaching his supply line, Bragg retreats to northwest Georgia and tries to mount three separate attacks on the approaching Union Army. They finally do battle at a creek named Chickamauga.
    On the second day of battle, Rosecrans' former roommate James Longstreet arrives and follows the sound of gunfire to the battle. He orders John Bell Hood to attack the Federal forces in the vicinity of the Brotherton Cabin. Hood punches a whole in the line, advancing towards the Widow Glenn's house, Rosecrans' headquarters. As the Rebels draw closer Rosecrans mounts his horse and becomes a part of a wild retreat. Generals George Thomas and Gordon Grainger hold the Rebels off until nightfall, when they join Rosecrans in Chattanooga. Rosecrans is relived of duty.
    Less than a year later James Garfield asks him to run for vice-president under Lincoln. Rosecrans refuses. Over the next thirty years Rosecrans serves in a number of public positions, most notably as representative from the state of California to the U.S. House.
CDV. VG. $45

POL44. Brady's National Portrait Gallery, published by E. Anthony. H. Fernando Wood (1812-1881). Democratic member of Congress from NY, 1841-'43; 1863-'65; 1867-'81; Mayor of NYC, 1854-'61. CDV. VG. $75

POL47. H.J. Whitlock, Birmingham. Earl of Derby, Edward Henry Smith Stanley, 15th Earl of Derby (1826-1893). British politician. CDV. VG. $25

POL48. A. Liebert, Paris. Leon Gambetta (1838-1882). French statesman of Jewish extraction; escaped from Paris in a balloon Oct. 8, 1870. CDV. VG. $40

POL50. W&D Downey, Newcastle on Tyne. Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799-1869). British statesman. CDV. VG. $25

POL121. Sarony, NY. Schuyler Colfax (3/23/1823-1/13/1885). Congressman 1855-69; Speaker of the House 1863-69; Vice-president under Grant 1869-1873. CDV. VG. $85

POL124. Brady's National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC. Gov. Wade Hampton (1818-1902). Brady copyright 1877. Wade Hampton was born on March 28, 1818, in Charleston, South Carolina, to one of the wealthiest landowner families in the state. His early years were spent on the family estates at "Millwood" and "Cashier's Valley." In 1836 Hampton graduated from South Carolina College (now the University of South Carolina). After the death of his father, he retreated to his grandfather's Mississippi plantation and assumed the life of a planter.
He was elected in 1852 to the South Carolina legislature from Richland County and served until 1856; he then served in the state Senate until he resigned in 1861. Though he had not favored secession, he supported the Confederacy from the outset. He offered his cotton for exchange in Europe for arms and he raised a legion of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. His experience and skill as a horseman made him a superior cavalry officer. In 1862 he was advanced to brigadier general of the cavalry. He was involved in many major battles, including Gettysburg.
Hampton was promoted to major general in 1863 and lieutenant general in 1865. From 1876 to 1896 Wade Hampton was a symbol of South Carolina politics, serving as Governor from 1876 to 1879 and as U.S. Senator from 1879 to 1891. From 1891 to 1897 he served as United States Railroad Commissioner. He died in Columbia, South Carolina, on April 11, 1902. CDV. VG. $200

POL126. Ad. Braun & Cie, Paris. A. Thiers, President of the 3rd French Republic, 1871-1873. Cabinet Card. VG. $50

POL127. J. Tejeda, NY. Secretary Wm. H. Seward. Image measure 6 1/4" x 4 1/2" on board measuring 10" x 8." On back is written in pencil "Secretary Wm. H. Seward from a daguerreotype made in 1849-1850 owned by his son Fred'k W. Seward, Montrose, N.Y. Photographed for the first time in May 1906-negative is ours." VG. $75

POL128. Jabez Hughes, Isle of Wight. CDV of Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), only Jewish Prime Minister of England. VG. $75

POL146. G.D. Morse, San Francisco. Governor Henry H. Haight (1825-1878). 10th Governor of California (1867-1871).
Henry Haight was born in the state of New York in 1825. As a young man, he attended Yale University and entered the practice of law, eventually moving west where he prospered and earned a solid reputation. Haight never held public office of any kind before he was elected Governor of California on the Democratic ticket, beginning his term of office in 1867. The state debt was reduced under Haight's administration. He also ended the government subsidies that had been paid to silk and woolen manufacturers throughout the state for many years. He is credited with establishing the State Board of Health and the University of California, which had only been in the planning stages until his term of office. In 1878 Henry Haight fell ill at his office in San Francisco. He immediately went to a Russian bathhouse and it was there that he died.
VG. $125

POL147. Brady, NY. Mrs. Stephen Douglas. CDV. VG. $35

POL149. W&D Downey, London. Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881), English stateman and novelist. CDV. VG. $65

POL150. Stereoscopic Co. Lord Justice Mellish, renowned jurist. CDV. VG. $25

POL151. H.J. Whitlock, Birmingham. John Bright, M.P. (1811-1889). Distinguished English Liberal statesman and orator. CDV. VG. $20

POL152. C.D. Fredricks & Co, NY. George Bancroft (1800-1891). American historian, statesman, and diplomatist; Secretary of the Navy, 1845-'46; established the Naval Academy at Annapolis. CDV. VG. $75

POL156. Proctor & Clark, Boston, label on verso. Edward Everett (1794-1865). Representative and Senator from Mass. Unsuccessful candidate for VP, 1860. Spoke at Gettysburg prior to Lincoln. CDV. VG. $100

POL158. Photographer's backmark is covered by small label for Geo. S. Tolman, Fancy Goods Warehouse, Boston. Miss Lane. Harriet Rebecca Lane Johnston (1830-1903), niece of James Buchanan who was his White House hostess and performed all the duties of a First Lady. CDV. VG. $125
See the following information on Miss Lane:

Born: May 9, 1830; Died: January 13, 1903
Birthplace: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania

Father: Elliot Tole Lane (1784-1840)

Mother: Jane Buchanan Lane (1793-1839)

Siblings: Four brothers and one sister

Physical Description: Tall, blonde (almost ash colored), with violet-blue eyes, a full bosom and figure, and very regal in bearing and a good dancer. She would become a very handsome older woman with snow-white hair.

Religion: Episcopalian

Education and childhood: Having lost both her parents within a year of one another, Harriet Lane came to live with "Nunc" as James Buchanan was called by his ward. As a child, she was rather gawky, wild, and more prone to climb trees than to read books, something that alarmed her rather stoic guardian. He would see to it that she received a good, sound education, which turned her into a genteel, proper lady. Call "Hal," by the future president, Harriet became his closest confidante. She moved into his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he even provided her with her every need, even with a piano. Harriet was sent to a day school run by Miss Young and later to Miss Crawford’s Boarding School, which she disliked so much that her uncle placed her in a boarding school in Charlestown, Virginia (later West Virginia). When Buchanan became Secretary of State under James K. Polk, he placed Harriet in the highly regarded Georgetown Visitation Convent, where she finished her education and graduated in 1848.

Personality: Cheerful, playful and generous to a fault, Harriet Lane was popular and admired for both her looks and spirits. Although she was already in love with her future husband, Henry Elliot Johnston, Harriet delayed her marriage so she could help her bachelor uncle. James Buchanan had purchased a large house and lands around it called Wheatland, and Harriet Lane served as his hostess. With her love of dancing, music and receiving people, Harriet was an asset to her uncle.

Life before White House: (1848-1857): By the time Harriet was twenty-two, she was an accomplished hostess. With the election of Franklin Pierce in 1852, Harriet Lane’s beloved "Nunc" was named American Minister to Great Britain. Harriet joined Buchanan in London in 1854, where she was presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Her presentation was so correct and performed so flawlessly that the Queen decreed that Miss Lane be accorded the same respect due a wife of an ambassador. She would become a regular in Court circles. While in England, Harriet acquired a life-long love for art. She began collecting works of art. Her interest in Native American art led her to take more interest in the cause of Native Americans. Upon their return to America, Buchanan found himself elected to the presidency. He turned to his niece to serve as official hostess.

The White House: 1857-1861. Harriet’s brother, Elliot Lane – who served as James Buchanan’s secretary, died of a fever in April 1857. Once the mourning period ended, Harriet Lane’s term as First Lady would be one of light, music, and beauty. She was young, beautiful, and extremely popular. Dances, waltzes, songs, colors, ships, and other items were named for her. She was highly visible and always at her uncle’s side. She and her uncle made full use of the conservatory put in by President Pierce.

In 1860, the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) arrived in the United States and was received at the White House. There was music for the royal guest but no dancing, because it had been banned since the Polk administration. The bedroom the Prince used (and where Willie Lincoln died in 1862) was long afterwards referred to as "The Prince of Wales Room". The royal visit was a great success.

Harriet Lane joined a movement to start a national art gallery. She also spoke on the cause of Native Americans. Among the many honors given to her, none pleased her more than having the song, "Listen to the Mockingbird" dedicated to her. Her only error in judgment was when she invited friends on board the USS Harriet Lane for a party, only to be sharply reprimanded by her angry uncle and press since the ship was government property.

Harriet Lane loyally defended James Buchanan against criticism. Towards the end of her time in the White House, Harriet could look back on four eventful years.

Husband: Henry Elliot Johnston (died 1884)

Courtship and Marriage: Having met Henry Johnston years before when both were young, Harriet kept up a friendship with him through the years. They announced their engagement in October 1864, to the great joy of James Buchanan. They were married at Wheatland on January 11, 1866 by another uncle, the Rev. Edward Young Buchanan (who was married to Stephen Foster’s sister). They honeymooned in Cuba.

Age at Marriage: 35 years

Children: James Buchanan Johnston (1866-1881)

Henry Elliot Johnston (1869-1882)

Death: January 13, 1903 in Narragansett, Rhode Island

Legacy: Though Harriet Rebecca Lane is not a "wife" of a President, she nonetheless filled the difficult position of First Lady with a grace, elegance, and aplomb of a woman much older and much more experienced than her. Her legacies include helping the Native American, helping children and joining a movement for a national art gallery. In her will, she donated her invaluable art collection to the Smithsonian, which eventually became the nucleus of the National Gallery of Art. Having lost both her sons in a year’s time, Harriet Lane turned her attentions to issues that would benefit children. The Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children is now part of Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. She also watched the building of the National Cathedral and funded a school, St. Albans, to train boys to become choristers. This school still exists.

POL161. Label for Geo. S. Tolman, Fancy Goods Warehouse, Boston, obscures backmark. William Lowndes Yancey (1814-1863). American Southern political leader and "fire-eater." Urged the South to secede; lawyer; served in Alabama legislature; state senator. 1844-US Congress; resigned 1846 to work on grassroots movement to counter Northern antislavery agitation. Drafted the Alabama Platform; drafted AL secession ordinance. 1861 went to England and France seeking recognition for the Confederate States, was unsuccessful. 1862-elected to the Confederate Senate. VG. $85

POL162. Negative by Brady, published by Anthony. CDV of Ex Secretary Chase U.S. Treasury. VG. $150

POL164. Brady/E. Anthony. Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809-1887), Confederate Secretary of State July 1861-Feb. 1862. He is pictured on the Confederate $10 bill. CDV. G. $125

POL165. Brady/E. Anthony. John C. Breckinridge (Jan. 16, 1821-May 17, 1875). Vice President under Buchanan; later a Confederate General. CDV. VG. $150

POL166. Brady/E. Anthony. William H. Seward, Lincoln's Secretary of State. CDV. G. $125

POL167. Sarony, NY. Chauncey Mitchell Depew (1834-1928), US Senator from NY, 1899-1911. Here is a synopsis of Depew's life:

Education:

Peekskill Military Academy. Yale University, second dispute appointments Junior and Senior years; speaker at Junior Exhibition and Commencement; member of the Thulia Boat Club, Linonia (third president), Kappa Sigma Epsilon, Kappa Sigma Theta, Psi Upsilon, and Skull & Bones.

Business:

Depew read law with William Nelson of Peekskill, New York from 1856-58; was admitted to the bar in March, 1858; and practiced in Peekskill until 1861; later engaged in the brokerage business in New York City as member of firm of Depew & Potter for a few months; then resumed his law practice in Peekskill, but shortly afterwards moved to New York City; in 1865 appointed and confirmed United States Minister to Japan, but declined the appointment to pursue his railroad career.

Railroad career:

In 1866, Depew became the attorney for New York & Harlem Railroad. Three years later he took the same position for the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad. Having earned recognition for his work with subsidiary companies of the Vanderbilt roads, he was moved up in 1876 to become general counsel and director of the whole "Vanderbilt System." Six years later he began serving on the executive board of the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad as second vice president. In 1885, he was elected president of the railroad and served until 1898. Following the presidency, he served as chairman of board of directors of New York Central Railroad Company.

While Depew was active in the Vanderbilt roads in New York he held concurrent positions with many other railroads and companies. He was president of West Shore Railroad. He served on the boards of directors for the New York and Harlem Railroad, the Chicago and North Western Railway, the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad, the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad, the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, the New Jersey Junction Railroad, the St. Lawrence and Adirondack Railroad, the Walkill Valley Railroad, the Canada Southern Railroad.

Aside from railroads, Depew also served on the boards of director for Western Union, the Hudson River Bridge Company, the Niagara River Bridge Company, the New York State Realty & Terminal Company, the Union Trust Company, Equitable Life Assurance Company, and Kensico Cemetery Association. He was appointed regent of the University of the State of New York in 1877 and served until 1904.

Politics:

He was a member of the New York State Assembly in 1862 and 1863, in the latter year its Acting Speaker while Speaker Theophilus C. Callicot was under investigation. ^[1] From 1863 to 1865 he was New York Secretary of State. He was one of the commissioners appointed to build the state capitol 1874; in 1867 appointed clerk of Westchester County by Governor Fuller, but resigned after a short service; made immigration commissioner by New York Legislature in 1870, but declined to serve; member of boundary commission of the state of New York in 1875; had also been commissioner of quarantine and president of Court of Claims of New York City and commissioner of taxes and assessments for the city and county of New York; defeated for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Liberal Republican-Democratic ticket in 1872; candidate for United States senator in 1881, but withdrew after the fortieth ballot, declined nomination as a senator in 1885, but elected to the Senate in 1898 and served from March 4, 1899, to March 3, 1911; stumped the state of New York for John C. Fremont in 1856 and for Lincoln in 1860; delegate-at-large to Republican National conventions 1888-1904 and delegate to all following conventions, including 1928, being elected the day before he died; made the nomination speeches for Harrison in 1892, Governor Morton in 1896, and Fairbanks in 1904; at the convention in 1888 received ninety-nine votes for the presidential nomination, and in 1892 declined an appointment as Secretary of State in Harrison's cabinet; Adjutant of the 18th Regiment, New York National Guard, which served in the American Civil War, and later Colonel and Judge Advocate of the 5th Division, on the staff of Major General James W. Husted of the New York Guard, trustee of Peekskill Military Academy; president of New York State Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, of The Pilgrims from 1918 until his death, of the St. Nicholas Society, and of the Union League for seven years (member since 1868 and elected honorary life member at the close of his presidency); an officer of the French Legion of Honor; vice president of New York Chamber of Commerce 1904-08 (member since 1885).

Yale:

He was a member of Yale Corporation 1888-1906; member of the Yale Alumni Association of New York at the time of its organization in 1868, its third president (1883-1892), and one of the incorporators of the Yale Club of New York City in 1897; a vice chairman of the $20,000,000 Yale Endowment Campaign; made LL D. Yale 1887; elected an honorary member of Yale Class of 1889 in 1923; By the terms of his will, a bequest of $1,000,000 was left to Yale without restrictions as to its use.

Associations:

He was made an honorary member of Columbia chapter of Phi Beta Kappa in 1887; member of citizens' committee of the civic organization to complete the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City; in 1918 gave a statue of himself to Peekskill and ten acres of land for an extension of Depew Park, which he gave to the village in 1908. He was also a distinguished orator and after-dinner speaker; author: Orations and After Dinner Speeches (1890), Life and Later Speeches (1894), Orations, Addresses and Speeches (eight volumes) (1910), Speeches and Addresses on the threshold of Eighty (1912), Addresses and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-two (1916), Speeches and Literary Contributions on the Threshold of Eighty-four (1918), My Memories of Eighty Tears and Marching On (1922); Miscellaneous Speeches on the Threshold of Ninety-two (1925); contributed a My Autobiography" in 1922, and an article to the 50th Anniversary Supplement of the Tale Daily News entitled "An Optimistic Survey" in 1928; member Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society of Colonial Wars, Connecticut Society of the Society of the Cincinnati, Holland Society, Huguenot Society, New England Society, France-America Society, New York Historical Society, St. Augustine (Fla.) Historical Society, American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, National Horse Show, Lafayette Post of the G. Al R , and St. Thomas' (Episcopal) Church, New York; made life member of Lawyers' Club of New York in 1918; honorary member New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

Death due to bronchial pneumonia. Buried in family mausoleum in Hillside Cemetery, Peekskill.

Family:

His father, Isaac Depew, was a merchant and farmer; pioneer in river transportation between Peekskill and New York; son of Abraham Depew, who served in the Revolutionary Army, and Catherine (Crankheit) Depew, great-grandson of Captain James Cronkite of the Continental Army; descendant of Frangois DuPuy, a French Huguenot, who came to America about 1661, settled first in Brooklyn, N. Y., and in 1685 bought land from the Indians at the present site of Peekskill. Mother, Martha Minot (Mitchell) Depew; daughter of Chauncey Root Mitchell, a lawyer, and Ann (Johnstone) Mitchell; granddaughter of the Rev. Justus Mitchell (BA 1776); great-granddaughter of the Rev. Josiah Sherman (B A. Princeton 1754, honorary M.A. Yale 1765), who served as a Chaplain with rank of Captain in the Revolutionary War and the brother of American founding father Roger Sherman; descendant of Matthew Mitchell, who came to Boston from England in 1635, descended also from Capt. John Sherman, an English officer, who was born in Dedham, Essex County, in 1615, and from the Rev. Charles Chauncey (B.A. Trinity College, Cambridge, 1613), who came to Plymouth in 1637 and was the second president of Harvard.

Married (1) November 9, 1871, in New York City, Elise A., daughter of William and Eliza Jane (Nevin) Hegeman. One son, Chauncey Mitchell, Jr. . Mrs. Depew died May 7, 1893 Married (2) December 27, 1901, in Nice, France, May, daughter of Henry and Alice (Hermann) Palmer.

Depew was also the paternal uncle of Ganson and Chancey Depew, sons of his brother William Beverly Depew. Ganson Depew was a vice president of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Coal Company; and the personal assistant of his father-in-law Frank Henry "F.H." Goodyear. Goodyear was the president of the Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway. Chancey DePew, like his uncle, also worked for the Vanderbilt Railway Systems.

When Chauncey Depew died, he was buried in Peekskill. In his honor, the huge concourse of Grand Central Terminal was draped in mourning.

Cabinet Card. G. $75

POL168. Curtiss, Madison, Wisconsin. Jeremiah McLain Rusk (1830-1893), 15th Governor of Wisconsin (1882-1889). Here is some information on Rusk:

Rusk was born in Malta, Ohio. He was a member of the Republican Party. He began as a planter, then turned to innkeeping and finally to banking before the Civil War. During the war, he received a brevet appointment as a general and saw action with the 25th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry.

After the Civil War, he became a congressman in the United States House of Representatives. There, he was chairman of Committee on Invalid Pensions (forty-third congress). He then ran as a Republican for Governor of Wisconsin, an election he won. His most noted act during his governorship was when he sent the National Guard into Milwaukee to keep the peace during the May Day Labor Strikes of 1886. The strikers had shut down every business in the city except the North Chicago Rolling Mills in Bay View. The guardsmen's orders were that, if the strikers were to enter the Mills, they should shoot to kill. But when the captain received the order it had a different meaning: he ordered his men to pick out a man and shoot to kill when the order was given. This led to the Bay View Tragedy, in which a number of workers were killed; Governor Rusk took most of the blame.

In 1889 he resigned his governorship and accepted the new cabinet position of Secretary of Agriculture in the Benjamin Harrison administration. He lived, died and was buried in Viroqua, Wisconsin.

Cabinet Card. G. $75

POL169. Sarony, NY. Edwin Denison Morgan (1811-1883), Governor of NY (1859-1862); US Senator (1863-1869). He was the first and longest serving chairman of the Republican National Committee. Cabinet Card. VG. $85

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Born: May 9, 1830; Died: January 13, 1903 Birthplace: Mercersburg, Pennsylvania