Charles Daniel Drake

Charles Daniel Drake

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

U.S. Court of Claims

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Personal

Birthplace

Cincinnati, Ohio

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Charles Daniel Drake (1811-1892) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Claims.

Drake was nominated to the Court of Claims by President Ulysses Grant. He was commissioned on December 12, 1870, and served as chief justice from 1870 until his resignation from the court on January 12, 1885. Drake died on April 1, 1892.

Education

• St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown, Kentucky, 1823-1824
• Partridge’s Military Academy, Middletown, Connecticut, 1824-1825
• Read law, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1833

Professional career

• U.S. Navy Midshipman, 1825-1830
• Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1834-1847
• Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1847-1849
• Treasurer, Board of Foreign Missions of the Presbyterian Church, 1849
• Private practice, St. Louis, Missouri, 1850-1867
• Member, Missouri House of Representatives, 1859-1860
• Member and vice president, State Constitutional Convention, 1865
• U.S. Senator from Missouri, 1867-1870
• Private practice, Washington, DC, 1885-1892