Background
Upham was born in Deerfield on June 9, 1774, pursued classical studies and attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter in 1793.
United States representative politician
Upham was born in Deerfield on June 9, 1774, pursued classical studies and attended the Phillips Exeter Academy in Exeter in 1793.
He engaged in mercantile pursuits at Gilmanton in 1794, at Deerfield in 1796, at Portsmouth in 1801, and at Rochester in 1802 and afterward. He was a governor’s counselor in 1811 and 1812 and was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fifteenth Congress and reelected to the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Congresses (March 4, 1817 – March 3, 1823). He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1822.
After leaving Congress, he returned to Rochester, and became interested in educational work.
Upham died in Rochester on July 10, 1829, and is interred at Old Rochester Cemetery.
Upham was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives 1807–1809.