Charles Wentworth Upham

Charles Wentworth Upham ( born May 4, 1802 in Saint John, New Brunswick, † June 15, 1875 in Salem, Massachusetts ) was an American politician. Between 1853 and 1855 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Born in what is now Canada Charles Upham was a cousin of Congressman George B. Upham (1768-1848) and Jabez Upham ( 1764-1811 ). He initially trained as a pharmacist and worked intermittently on a farm in Nova Scotia. In 1816 he came to Boston in Massachusetts. After studying theology at Harvard University and his ordination to the clergy he was 1824-1844 in Salem in this occupation worked. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Whig Party launched a political career. Between 1840 and 1849 he was a delegate in the House of Representatives from Massachusetts. In 1850 he ran unsuccessfully for Congress yet. In 1852 he was elected mayor of Salem; a year later he was a delegate at a meeting to revise the constitution of Massachusetts.

In the congressional elections of 1852 Upham was in the sixth electoral district of Massachusetts in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of George T. Davis on March 4, 1853. Since he has not been confirmed in 1854, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1855. This was marked by the events leading up to the Civil War.

In the years 1857 and 1858 was Upham Member and President of the Senate of Massachusetts. Then he sat in the years 1859 and 1860, again as an MP in the House of Representatives of his State. He died on June 15, 1875 in Salem.