Drake, Thomas J
lawyer, journalist, jurist, was born April 18, 1799, in Scipio, N. Y. In 1822 he settled at Pontiac, Mich., and was a leading lawyer for more than fifty years. He was a member of the territorial council from 1828 to 1831. He was senator in 1839-41, and acting governor in 1841-42. He was prosecuting attorney; register of probate; presidential elector in 1840 and 1856; chief justice of Utah from. 1862 to 1869; and publisher of a paper first at Flint, then at Pontiac. He died April 20, 1875.