Marcus M. Drake, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMarcus M. Drake
American politician
Date of Birth: 07-Sep-1835
Place of Birth: DeRuyter, New York, United States
Date of Death: 28-Sep-1907
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Marcus M. Drake
- Marcus Mortier Drake (1835–1907) was Mayor of the City of Buffalo, New York, serving during November - December 1882, after the resignation of Grover Cleveland.
- He was born in DeRuyter, New York on September 7, 1835.
- When two years old, the family moved near Fredonia, New York.
- He graduated from Fredonia Academy in 1852.
- In 1861, he was made a captain and given command of the "Genesee Chief" steamer.
- In August 1862, enlisted in the Union Army at Dunkirk, New York and entered as a private in the 72d Regiment, N.Y.
- Volunteers.
- In the spring of 1865, his term ended and he was transferred to 120th Regiment, NY Volunteers.
- Upon his transfer he was promoted to the rank of 1st Lieutenant and placed in command of Company H, which was present at the surrender at Appomattox.
- In 1872, he was appointed Superintendent of the Union Dry Dock Company, upon its organization.
- In 1860, he married Persis L.
- Bennett of Hamlet, New York, who died soon after their marriage.
- In 1867, he remarried with Mary A.
- Ludlow; she died in 1880 and he married Lillian Quest in 1900.In the fall of 1878, he was elected Alderman for the Eleventh Ward.
- Upon the resignation of Grover Cleveland as mayor on November 20, 1882 to take the Governor's seat, the Common Council elected Drake to fill the vacancy until a special election could be held in early January 1883.
- He resigned on December 22, 1882, to take effect on December 29, 1882, in order to return to his newly elected duties as alderman.
- He retired from the Board of Aldermen in 1890.
- In 1895, under Mayor Edgar B.
- Jewett, he was made Commissioner of Public Works, a position he held from January 1896 until December 1900.
- During his commissionership, a giant boulder was placed in the meadow of Delaware Park, marking the burial site of 300 unknown soldiers of the War of 1812.
- He died on September 28, 1907, and was buried in Forest Lawn Cemetery.
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