Charles H. Upton
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Biography
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Upton attended the public schools as a child and went on to graduate from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He moved to Falls Church, Virginia, in 1836 and engaged in agricultural and literary pursuits. He held several local offices before being elected a Unionist to the United States House of Representatives in 1861, serving until 1862 when the House declared he was not entitled to the seat.
In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Upton consul to Switzerland, which he served as until his death on June 17, 1877, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was interred in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C..
External links
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- Charles H. Upton at The Political Graveyard
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- 1812 births
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- Politicians from Salem, Massachusetts
- Unionist Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- People of Virginia in the American Civil War
- Bowdoin College alumni
- Burials at the Congressional Cemetery
- Politicians from Falls Church, Virginia
- Consuls for the United States
- Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Virginia
- 19th-century Virginia politicians
- 19th-century members of the United States House of Representatives