Robert W. Upton

Robert William Upton ( born February 3, 1884 in Boston, Massachusetts, † April 28, 1972 in Concord, New Hampshire ) is an American politician ( Republican). He represented the State of New Hampshire in the U.S. Senate.

After attending the public schools Upton graduated from the Law School of Boston University and graduated there in 1907. During the same year he was admitted to the Bar Association of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and started practicing as a lawyer in Concord. In 1911, Upton was elected to the House of Representatives from New Hampshire. The Constitutional Convention of the State he was a member as a delegate in 1918, 1930 and 1938 and was its president in 1948.

After the death of U.S. Senator Charles W. Tobey on July 24, 1953 Robert Upton was appointed as the interim successor to Congress on 14 August of the same year. For the by-election he was not nominated by the Republicans, so he was forced to resign his seat on November 7, 1954 again.

Upton then worked again as a lawyer. In 1956, he belonged to a meeting in Bonn grace and Parole Board for War Criminals (Mixed Parole and Clemency Board); In the same year he was sent as a special envoy of the United States to Liberia. In 1970, he retired; Two years later, Robert Upton died in Concord.