Charles D. Drake

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Charles Daniel Drake

United States Senator from Missouri
In office March 4, 1867 – December 19, 1870
Preceded by	Benjamin G. Brown
Succeeded by	Daniel T. Jewett
Personal details
Born	(1811-04-11)April 11, 1811 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died	April 1, 1892(1892-04-01) (aged 80) Washington, D.C.
Political party	Republican

Charles Daniel Drake (April 11, 1811 – April 1, 1892) was a United States Senator from Missouri. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he attended St. Joseph's College (Bardstown, Kentucky) in 1823 and 1824, and Patridge's Military Academy (Middletown, Connecticut) in 1824 and 1825; he was appointed midshipman in the United States Navy in 1825 and served four years, when he resigned. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in Cincinnati in 1833 and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1834 and continued the practice of law.

Drake was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives in 1859-1860 and a member of the State constitutional convention in 1865; he was elected as a Republican to the U.S. Senate and served from March 4, 1867, to December 19, 1870, when he resigned to accept a judicial position. While in the Senate he was chairman, Committee on Education (Forty-first Congress). He was appointed chief justice of the United States Court of Claims and held that position from 1870 to 1885, when he retired. He published a Treatise on the Law of Suits by Attachment in the United States (1854) and Union and Anti-Slavery Speeches (1864).

He died in Washington, D.C.; his remains were cremated and the ashes interred in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis.

Works

Drake, Charles D. (1891). Treatise on the Law of Suits by Attachment in the United States (7th ed.). Boston: Little, Brown and Co. LCCN 14016517.

Drake, Charles D. (1864). Unin and Anti-Slavery Speeches. Cincinnati: Applegate & Co. LCCN 77083961.

Family

Charles D. Drake's father, Daniel Drake (1785–1852), was an American physician and author. His uncle, Benjamin Drake (1795–1841), was an American historian, editor, and writer.

References

Charles D. Drake at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Moore, F., eds. (1905). "^{article name needed}". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.

United States Senate
Preceded by B. Gratz Brown	U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Missouri 1867–1870 Served alongside: John B. Henderson, Carl Schurz	Succeeded by Daniel T. Jewett

v t e United States Senators from Missouri

Class 1	Benton Geyer Polk Henderson Schurz Cockrell Warner Reed Patterson Truman Briggs Kem Symington Danforth Ashcroft Carnahan Talent McCaskill

Class 3	Barton Buckner Linn Atchison Green Johnson Wilson Brown Drake Jewett Blair Bogy Armstrong Shields Vest Stone Wilfley Spencer Williams Hawes Clark Donnell Hennings Long Eagleton Bond Blunt

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 58052801 LCCN: n85158285

Persondata
Name	Drake, Charles D.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	April 11, 1811
Place of birth	Cincinnati, Ohio
Date of death	April 1, 1892
Place of death	Washington, D.C.

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