George Baxter Upham (December 27, 1768 – February 10, 1848) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U. S. state of New Hampshire.
George Baxter Upham | |
|---|---|
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's At large district | |
| In office March 4, 1801 – March 3, 1803 | |
| Preceded by | James Sheafe |
| Succeeded by | Silas Betton |
| Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1815–1816 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas W. Thompson |
| Succeeded by | David L. Morrill |
| Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1809–1810 | |
| Preceded by | Charles Cutts |
| Succeeded by | Charles Cutts |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1815–1816 | |
| Member of the New Hampshire State Senate | |
| In office 1814–1814 | |
| Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives | |
| In office 1804–1813 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 27, 1768 Brookfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
| Died | February 10, 1848 (aged 79) Claremont, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Resting place | Pleasant Street Cemetery |
| Political party | Federalist |
| Spouse | Mary D Upham |
| Relations | Jabez Upham |
| Children | George Baxter Upham Robert Harris Upham Jabez Baxter Upham Harriet Harris Upham James Phineas Upham Edward B Upham |
| Alma mater | Phillips Exeter Academy; Harvard University, 1789 |
| Profession | Lawyer Banker politician |
Early life
editBorn in Brookfield in the Province of Massachusetts Bay,[1] Upham attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard University in 1789, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792.
Career
editUpham practiced law in Claremont, New Hampshire, and served as solicitor for Cheshire County from December 15, 1796, to 1804.
Elected as a Federalist to the Seventh United States Congress and served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1801, to March 3, 1803. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1802.
Upham was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1804 to 1813 and again in 1815. He served as Speaker of the House in 1809 and 1815. He served in the State Senate in 1814. He resumed the practice of law and was president of Claremont Bank for twenty years[2] after retiring from public life.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.[3]
Death
editUpham died in Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, on February 10, 1848 (age 79 years, 45 days). He is interred at Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, New Hampshire.
Family life
editUpham was the son of Phineas and Susanna Buckminster Upham, brother of Jabez Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham. He married Mary Duncan on December 31, 1805, and they had six children: George Baxter, Robert Harris, Jabez Baxter, Harriet Harris, James Phineas, and Edward B.[4]
References
edit- ^ Lawrence Kestenbaum (July 22, 2013). "Upham, George Baxter (1768-1848)". Retrieved October 8, 2013.
- ^ Bell, Charles Henry (1894). The Bench and Bar of New Hampshire: Including Biographical Notices of Deceased Judges of the Highest Court, and Lawyers of the Province and State, and a List of Names of Those Now Living. Houghton, Mifflin. p. 700.
George B. Upham (December 27, 1768 – February 10, 1848).
- ^ American Antiquarian Society Members Directory
- ^ "George B. Upham". Roots Web Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 1, 2014.
External links
edit- United States Congress. "George B. Upham (id: U000022)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.