Richard F. Upton

Background

Upton, Richard F. was born on September 3, 1914 in Bow, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Robert W. and Martha G. Upton.

Education

Phillips Exeter Academy and Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1935). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1938). President, Constitutional Convention, 1964 and 1984.

Member, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 1941, 1947 and 1949.

Speaker, 1949.

Career

Practice law, Concord, since 1938. Director Concord National Bank, Concord Group Insurance Companies.

Achievements

• Richard F. Upton has been listed as a reputable Lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• book

  • Revolutionary New Hampshire

Membership

Member New Hampshire State Housing Board, 1946-1948, New Hampshire War Records Committee, 1946-1951, New Hampshire Commission Alcoholism, 1951-1963, New Hampshire Commission Interstate Cooperation, 1951-1955. Chairman New Hampshire Civil Rights Advisory Commission, 1958-1962, New Hampshire Lincoln Sesquicentennial Committee, 1958-1960. Member New Hampshire Committee Study Public Schools, 1961-1963.

Member New Hampshire History Commission, 1963-1968, chairman, 1965-1968. Chairman New Hampshire Fish and Game Commission, 1968-1974. Chairman committee environmental systems New Hampshire Citizens' Task Force, 1969-1970.

Member New Hampshire Interstate Wetlands Commission, 1969-1970. Chairman New Hampshire Environmental Council, 1970-1971. Member New Hampshire Boundary Commission, 1971-1973, New Hampshire American Revolutionary Bicentennial Committee, 1969-1975, Member New Hampshire Legislature, 1941, 47, 49, major floor leader, 1947, speaker, 1949.

President 15th New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1964 (president), 17th New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1984. Trustee New Hampshire Hospital, 1946-1948. Served to captain Army of the United States, 1942-1946.

Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, New Hampshire Bar Association (president 1964-1965), New Hampshire History Society (president 1974-1980, trustee since 1980).

Connections

Son of Robert W. and Martha G. University. M. Marie Audibert, September 23, 1950 (deceased 1970). Children: William W., Mathew H.

M. Shirley D. Knowland, May 17, 1975.

Father:

Robert W.

Mother:

Martha G. Upton

Spouse:

Shirley D. Knowland

Spouse:

Marie Audibert

child:

Mathew H. Upton

child:

William W. Upton