George B. Upham


George Baxter Upham was an American politician and a United States Representative from the U. S. state of New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Brookfield in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 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.

Career

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 after retiring from public life.
He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.

Death

Upham died in Claremont, Sullivan County, New Hampshire, on February 10, 1848. He is interred at Pleasant Street Cemetery, Claremont, New Hampshire.

Family life

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.