Samuel Clemons, better known by his pen name, Mark Twain, was often asked to be a speaker at public events. He lived between 1835-1910. His books, Tom Sawyer, and Huckleberry Finn, are still good reading today. I loved Tom Sawyer as a youngster. I especially liked Tom Sawyer Island at Disneyland!
Once Mark was asked to speak at a banquet being held to honor several bankers. On the same program was Chauncey Depew, 1834-1928. Depew was the lawyer for the Vanderbilt railroad empire. He was also a U.S. Senator at one time (I don’t know if it was before or after this particular speech).