WILLIAM UPHAM

Upham, William (1792-1853), a Senator from Vermont; born in Leicester, Worcester, Mass., August 5, 1792; moved with his father to Montpelier, Vt., in 1802; attended the district schools, the Montpelier Academy, and was privately tutored; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1811 and commenced practice in Montpelier, Vt., in 1812; member, State house of representatives 1827-1828; State’s attorney for Washington County 1829; member, State house of representatives 1830; elected as a Whig to the United States Senate in 1843; reelected in 1849 and served from March 4, 1843, until his death in Washington, D.C., January 14, 1853; chairman, Committee on Agriculture (Twenty-eighth Congress), Committee on Pensions (Twenty-ninth Congress); interment in the Congressional Cemetery.
Spouse: Sarah Keyes
Born: 10 Oct 1795 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut
Died: 8 May 1856 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont
Marriage: 1814 in Ashford, Windham, Connecticut
Children Sex Birth
William Keyes Upham M 3 Apr 1817 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont
Charles Carroll Upham M 1818 in Montpelier, Washington, Vermont

Sources:
Vital Records
U.S. Federal Census
Family Collections LDS
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell