Upton Sheredine

Upton Sheredine (* 1740 in Baltimore, Maryland, † January 14, 1800 at Liberty, Maryland ) was an American politician. Between 1791 and 1793, he represented the state of Maryland in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Even in his childhood came Upton Sheredine on a farm near Liberty. He received an academic education. In 1776, he participated as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of his State; In 1777 he sat in the House of Representatives from Maryland. After that, he was until 1781 a member of the State Senate. From 1777, he served for many years as a judge at the court of guardianship for orphans in Frederick County. He was also appeal judges. In 1781 Sheredine was also a member of the Court, was tried at the against Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. In 1791 he became a judge in the fifth judicial district of his state.

Politically Sheredine was an opponent of the federal government under President George Washington ( Anti- Administration Group ). In the congressional elections of 1790, he was elected in the sixth electoral district of Maryland in the time which meets even in Philadelphia U.S. House of Representatives, where he became the successor of Daniel Carroll on March 4, 1791. Until March 3, 1793, he was able to complete a term in Congress. During this time, the first ten amendments were to the United States Constitution, the Bill of Rights ratified.

After the end of his time in the U.S. House of Representatives Upton Sheredine was creator of statistical data on land, buildings and slaves in the fourth county. He died on January 14, 1800 at his estate Midhill near Liberty, where he was also buried.