Education
Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, 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.
Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, 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.
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.
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 a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from 1804 to 1813 and again in 1815. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1815.