. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. In 1866, was appointed, byPresident Johnson, Collector of Customs for the Port of St. Louis,but was rejected by the Senate. In 1868 he was the democratic candi-date for Vice-President on the ticket with Horatio Seymour, but wasdefeated; was a Senator in Congress for the unexpired term of C. , from 1871 to 1873. In 1818 he published the Life and Pub-lic Service of Gen. William Butler. Mr. Blair was a man of un-daunted personal courage and great ability. He died Jidy !>, 1875. Charles D. Drake, Presidentof t
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. In 1866, was appointed, byPresident Johnson, Collector of Customs for the Port of St. Louis,but was rejected by the Senate. In 1868 he was the democratic candi-date for Vice-President on the ticket with Horatio Seymour, but wasdefeated; was a Senator in Congress for the unexpired term of C. , from 1871 to 1873. In 1818 he published the Life and Pub-lic Service of Gen. William Butler. Mr. Blair was a man of un-daunted personal courage and great ability. He died Jidy !>, 1875. Charles D. Drake, Presidentof the Constitutional Conventionof 1865, was born in Cincinnati,Ohio, April 11, 1811; received anacademic education; studied law,and, in 1834, located at St. Louis,engaging in the practice of liisprofession. In 1861-62 took anactive [)art against the secessionmovement, and in 63 was electedto the Missouri State Convention;was a mem))er of the Constitution- ^al Convention of 1865, whichadopted the most stringent codeever known in this countr3^ Itsmost obnoxious provision was the. CHARLES D. DRAKE. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 5 3 test oath, which prevented at least one-third of the people from votinguntil 1872, and almost as many more would have been disfranchisedha<l the}^ sworn strictly to the truth when they came to take that test oath declared that no person should vote or hold any kind ofoffice, who had ^ever engaged in hostilities, or given aid, comfort,countenance or support to persons engaged in hostilities against thegovernment of the United States, or had given money, goods, lettersor information to its enemies, or by act or word manifested his adher-ance to the cause of such enemies, or his sym})athy with those engagedin carrying on rebellion; or had ever been in anywise connected withany society unfriendly to such government; or had ever knowinglyharbored, aided or countenanced any person engaged in guerrilla war-fare; or who had ever done any act to pr
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