Education
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Boston University Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bars in 1907 and commenced practice in Concord, New Hampshire.
Diplomat politician United States senator
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from Boston University Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bars in 1907 and commenced practice in Concord, New Hampshire.
Upton was appointed on August 14, 1953, as a Republican to the United States. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles West. Tobey, and served from August 14, 1953, to November 7, 1954. He was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy. He retired from law practice in 1970 and in 1972 died in Concord.
Interment was in Blossom Hill Cemetery.
He was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives in 1911 and was a delegate to the New Hampshire State Constitutional Conventions of 1918, 1930, 1938, and 1948, serving as president in 1948. He resumed the practice of law, was a member of the Mixed Board, Clemency and Parole in Bonn, Germany in 1956, and was special ambassador to Liberia that year.