Excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Contemporaries: Chauncey Depew; Excerpts From Newspapers and Other Sources I was elected to the assembly, the popular branch of the New York Legisla ture, in 1861. I was nominated during an absence from the State, Without being a candidate or knowing of it until my return. Of course I could expect noth ing from my father, and my own earnings were not large, so I had to rely upon a personal canvass of a district which had been largely spoiled by _rich candidates running against each other and spending large amounts of money. I made a hot canvass, speaking every day, and with an investment of less than one hundred dollars for travel and other expenses I was triumphantly elected. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.