Charles H. Upton
Charles Upton | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 7th district | |
In office May 23, 1861 – February 27, 1862 | |
Preceded by | William Smith |
Succeeded by | Lewis McKenzie |
Personal details | |
Born | Salem, Massachusetts | August 23, 1812
Died | June 17, 1877 Geneva, Switzerland | (aged 64)
Resting place | Congressional Cemetery, Washington, D.C. |
Political party | Unionist |
Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
Charles Horace Upton (August 23, 1812 – June 17, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician from Massachusetts and Virginia.
Biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Upton attended the public schools as a child and went on to graduate from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He moved to Falls Church, Virginia, in 1836 and engaged in agricultural and literary pursuits. He held several local offices before being elected a Unionist to the United States House of Representatives in 1861, serving until 1862 when the House declared he was not entitled to the seat.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Upton consul to Switzerland, which he served as until his death on June 17, 1877, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was interred in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C..
External links
- United States Congress. "Charles H. Upton (id: U000030)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved on 2009-03-31
- "Charles H. Upton". Find a Grave. Retrieved 2009-03-31.
- Charles H. Upton at The Political Graveyard
- 1812 births
- 1877 deaths
- Politicians from Salem, Massachusetts
- Unionist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
- Bowdoin College alumni
- Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
- Politicians from Falls Church, Virginia
- Virginia Unionists
- American consuls
- 19th-century American politicians
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- Virginia United States Representative stubs