It’s Cake and Candles today for Abraham Henry Schenck, State Assemblyman and then Congressman from New York State.

But despite being from New York, and being a member of Congress, during his tenure as State Assemblyman he had something going on back at home. It wasn’t common in New York, but it wasn’t unheard of—nor was it illegal until several years later.

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