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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MissouriCharles Daniel DRAKE
(1811-1892)
Senate Years of Service:
1867-1870Party: RepublicanDRAKE, Charles Daniel, a
Senator from Missouri; born in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 11, 1811;
attended St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown, Ky., in 1823 and
1824, and Patridge’s Military Academy, Middletown, Conn., in
1824 and 1825; appointed midshipman in the United States Navy in
1825 and served four years, when he resigned; studied law; admitted
to the bar in Cincinnati in 1833; moved to St. Louis, Mo., in 1834
and continued the practice of law; member, State house of
representatives 1859-1860; member of the State constitutional
convention in 1865; elected as a Republican to the United States
Senate and served from March 4, 1867, to December 19, 1870, when he
resigned to accept a judicial position; chairman, Committee on
Education (Forty-first Congress); appointed chief justice of the
Court of Claims 1870-1885, when he retired; died in Washington,
D.C., April 1, 1892; remains were cremated and the ashes interred
in Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Bibliography
American National Biography; Dictionary of American
Biography; Drake, Charles Daniel. Union and Anti-Slavery
Speeches Delivered During the Rebellion. 1864. Reprint. New
York: Negro Universities Press, 1969; March, David. “The Life
and Times of Charles Daniel Drake.” Ph.D. dissertation,
University of Missouri, 1949.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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