Draft:Delana R. Eckels

Delana R. Eckels (August 19, 1806 – October 29, 1888) was chief justice of the Supreme Court of the Utah Territory from 1857 to 1860.

Born in Fleming County, Kentucky, he was elected to the Indiana House of Representatives in 1836, and later served in the Mexican–American War. He was a judge of the 7th Indiana Circuit from 1851 to 1852.

Eckels was appointed to the Utah Territorial Supreme Court by President James Buchanan, and came west accompanying an expeditionary force that precipitated the Utah War.

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