George Baxter Upham | |
State: | New Hampshire |
District: | At large |
Term Start: | March 4, 1801 |
Term End: | March 3, 1803 |
Preceded: | James Sheafe |
Succeeded: | Silas Betton |
Office2: | Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |
Term Start2: | 1815 |
Term End2: | 1816 |
Succeeded2: | David L. Morrill |
Office3: | Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |
Term Start3: | 1809 |
Term End3: | 1810 |
Preceded3: | Charles Cutts |
Succeeded3: | Charles Cutts |
Office5: | Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |
Term Start5: | 1815 |
Term End5: | 1816 |
Office6: | Member of the New Hampshire State Senate |
Term Start6: | 1814 |
Term End6: | 1814 |
Office7: | Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives |
Term Start7: | 1804 |
Term End7: | 1813 |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1768 |
Birth Place: | Brookfield, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America |
Death Place: | Claremont, New Hampshire, U.S. |
Restingplace: | Pleasant Street Cemetery |
Spouse: | Mary D Upham |
Relations: | Jabez Upham |
Children: | George Baxter Upham Robert Harris Upham Jabez Baxter Upham Harriet Harris Upham James Phineas Upham Edward B Upham |
Alma Mater: | Phillips Exeter Academy
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Profession: | Lawyer Banker politician |
George Baxter Upham (December 27, 1768 – February 10, 1848) was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U. S. state of New Hampshire.
Born in Brookfield in the Province of Massachusetts Bay,[1] Upham attended the common schools and Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter, New Hampshire. He graduated from Harvard University in 1789, studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1792.
Upham practiced law in Claremont, New Hampshire, and served as solicitor for Cheshire County from December 15, 1796, to 1804.
Elected as a Federalist to the Seventh United States Congress and served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from March 4, 1801, to March 3, 1803. He declined to be a candidate for reelection in 1802.
Upham was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1804 to 1813 and again in 1815. He served as Speaker of the House in 1809 and 1815. He served in the State Senate in 1814. He resumed the practice of law and was president of Claremont Bank for twenty years[2] after retiring from public life.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.[3]
Upham died in Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, on February 10, 1848 (age 79 years, 45 days). He is interred at Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, New Hampshire.
Upham was the son of Phineas and Susanna Buckminster Upham, brother of Jabez Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham. He married Mary Duncan on December 31, 1805, and they had six children: George Baxter, Robert Harris, Jabez Baxter, Harriet Harris, James Phineas, and Edward B.[4]