Charles D. Drake
Charles Daniel Drake (born April 11, 1811 in Cincinnati , Ohio , † April 1, 1892 in Washington, DC ) was an American lawyer and politician ( Republican Party ) who represented the state of Missouri in the US Senate .
Career
Charles Drake attended college in Bardstown ( Kentucky ) from 1823 to 1824 , after which he was trained at the military academy in Middletown ( Connecticut ) until 1825 before he was hired as a midshipman on a ship in the US Navy . He served there until he left the Navy in 1829 to Jura to study. After graduation and admission to the bar in 1833, he moved to St. Louis , where he worked as a lawyer from 1834. He later published writings in which he opposed slavery .
Between 1859 and 1860 Drake was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives ; In 1865 he was a member of the state constitutional convention. Finally he was elected to the Senate in 1866, to which he belonged from March 4, 1867. He was chairman of the Committee on Education before resigning on December 19, 1870, to accept an appeal as chief judge on the Court of Claims , a federal court in Washington. He remained in this post until he retired in 1885.
Web links
- Charles D. Drake in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
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| SURNAME | Drake, Charles D. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Drake, Charles Daniel (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1811 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cincinnati , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 1892 |
| Place of death | Washington, DC |