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Charles Daniel Drake was born on April 11, 1811 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He was the son of Dr. Daniel Drake and Harriet Sisson.
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Charles Daniel Drake was born on April 11, 1811 in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. He was the son of Dr. Daniel Drake and Harriet Sisson.
The boy received cultural and literary training in his home, supplemented by academic instruction in Kentucky and Cincinnati schools. In 1827 he entered the naval academy at Annapolis where he remained for three years, resigning because of his sudden decision to study law.
Arriving at St. Louis in 1834, Drake entered the practise of law, but was not a recognized leader of the local bar.
Following a brief residence in Cincinnati, he returned in 1850 to St. Louis and shortly became active in politics.
He was elected as a Democrat to fill a vacancy in the legislature in 1859 and served out the term.
Early in the war he became a leader in the attack on slavery as a legalized institution, an issue which to most Missouri leaders had been distinctly secondary to the preservation of the Union.
By 1863 the radical faction had become a distinct group, well organized under Drake and with a definite program, including immediate emancipation, a new constitution, and a system of drastic disfranchisement.
He accepted, therefore, from Grant in December 1870 the appointment as chief justice of the United States Court of Claims, and announced his definite withdrawal from politics. He served with distinction until his retirement in 1885. During his latter years Drake abandoned many of his former extreme views.
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In the critical campaign of 1860, Drake supported Douglas for president and the proslavery candidate, C. F. Jackson, for governor.
He opposed secession but was not active in the spectacular events of the spring and summer of 1861 which culminated in the military defeat and political elimination of the disloyalists and assured the ultimate success of the Unionist cause.
