William Upham
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| William Upham | |
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| United States Senator from Vermont |
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| In office March 4, 1843 – January 14, 1853 |
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| Preceded by | Samuel C. Crafts |
| Succeeded by | Samuel S. Phelps |
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| Born | August 5, 1792 Leicester, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Whig |
| Spouse(s) | Sarah Keyes (m. 1814) |
| Children | William Keyes Upham (b. 1817), Charles Carroll Upham (b. 1818), Sarah Sumner Upham (b. ca1820), Mary Annette Upham (b. 1825) |
| Profession | Politician, Lawyer |
William Upham (August 5, 1792 – January 14, 1853) was a United States Senator from Vermont.
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Early life
William Upham was born in Leicester, Massachusetts to Samuel Upham and Martha (Livermore) Upham.[1] He moved with his father to Montpelier, Vermont in 1802. He attended the district schools, the Montpelier Academy, and was privately tutored. He attended the University of Vermont and then studied law with Samuel Prentiss.
Early career
Upham was admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Montpelier. In addition to maintaining a successful practice, Upham also guided the efforts of several prospective lawyers who studied in his office, including Peter T. Washburn.
Upham was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1827 to 1828 and was State's attorney for Washington County in 1829. In 1830 he again served in the Vermont House of Representatives.
United States Senator
In 1842 Samuel Prentiss resigned his seat in the U.S. Senate in order to accept appointment as United States District Court for the District of Vermont. Former Governor Samuel C. Crafts was appointed to fill the vacancy, and served until the end of the term to which Prentiss had been elected, April 23, 1842 to March 3, 1843.
Crafts was not a candidate for a full term, and Upham was the successful Whig candidate for the seat. He was reelected in 1848 and served from March 4, 1843 until his death.
While in the Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (28th Congress) and the Committee on Pensions (29th Congress).
Death and buriak
Upham died of smallpox in Washington, D.C.,[2][3] and was buried in the Congressional Cemetery.[4]
Quotations
Rice family and relations
Upham was a descendant of Edmund Rice, an English immigrant to Massachusetts Bay Colony, as follows:[1]
- William Upham, son of
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- Martha Livermore (1768–1832),[8] daughter of
- James Livermore, Jr. (1736–1825), son of
- Elizabeth Rice (1713–1799), daughter of
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- Elisha Rice (1679–1761), son of
- Thomas Rice (1626–1681), son of
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- Edmund Rice (1594–1663)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edmund Rice (1638) Association, 2009. Descendants of Edmund Rice: The First Nine Generations.
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- ↑ Hamilton, Holman. Prologue to Conflict: The Crisis and Compromise of 1850. The University Press of Kentucky, 1964, 2005 p. 45.
- ↑ Bordewich, Fergus M. America's Great Debate: Henry Clay, Stephen A. Douglas, and the Compromise of 1850. Simon and Schuster, New York, NY, 2012 p. 125.
- ↑ Byrd, Robert C., Hall, Mary Sharon Senate, 1789-1989, V. 1: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate. US Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1988 p. 187.
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| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 3) from Vermont March 4, 1843 – January 14, 1853 Served alongside: Samuel S. Phelps and Solomon Foot |
Succeeded by Samuel S. Phelps |
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