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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsCharles Wentworth UPHAM
(1802-1875)
UPHAM, Charles Wentworth,
(cousin of George Baxter Upham and Jabez Upham), a Representative
from Massachusetts; born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, May 4,
1802; served as an apothecary’s apprentice; worked on a farm
in Nova Scotia, immigrated to the United States in 1816 and settled
in Boston, Mass.; was graduated from the theological department of
Harvard University in 1821; was ordained to the ministry and
officiated in Salem, Mass., 1824-1844; member of the State house of
representatives 1840-1849; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election
to the Thirty-second Congress; mayor of Salem, Mass., in 1852;
delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1853; elected as
a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth
Congress; member of the State senate in 1857 and 1858, serving as
president; again a member of the State house of representatives in
1859 and 1860; died in Salem, Mass., on June 15, 1875; interment in
Harmony Grove Cemetery.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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