Robert W. Upton

Robert W. Upton

Robert William Upton (born February 3, 1884 in Boston , Massachusetts , †  April 28, 1972 in Concord , New Hampshire ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). He represented the state of New Hampshire in the US Senate .

After attending public schools, Upton studied at the Law School of Boston University and graduated there in 1907. In the same year he was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bar associations and began practicing law in Concord. In 1911, Upton was elected to the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was a member of the constitutional convention of the state as a delegate in 1918, 1930 and 1938 and as its president in 1948.

After the death of US Senator Charles W. Tobey on July 24, 1953, Robert Upton was appointed to Congress on August 14 of the same year as his acting successor . For the by-election he was not nominated by the Republicans, so he had to resign his seat on November 7, 1954.

Upton then worked again as a lawyer. In 1956 he was a member of a Mercy and Probation Commission for War Criminals ( Mixed Parole and Clemency Board ) meeting in Bonn ; in the same year he was sent to Liberia as the US special envoy . In 1970 he retired; two years later Robert Upton died in Concord.

Web links

• Robert W. Upton in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)