Upton Sheredine

Upton Sheredine (born 1740 in Baltimore , Province of Maryland , †  January 14, 1800 in Liberty , Maryland ) was an American politician . Between 1791 and 1793 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Upton Sheredine came to a farm near Liberty when he was still a child. He received an academic education. In 1776 he took part as a delegate to the constituent assembly of his state; In 1777 he was a member of the Maryland House of Representatives . Then he was a member of the State Senate until 1781 . From 1777 he served for many years as a judge on the Guardianship Court for Orphans in Frederick County . He was also an appellate judge. In 1781 Sheredine was also a member of a tribunal that tried against loyalists during the War of Independence . In 1791 he became a judge in his state's fifth judicial district.

Politically, Sheredine was an opponent of the federal government under President George Washington ( anti-administration faction ). In the congressional elections of 1790 he was elected in the sixth constituency of Maryland in the US House of Representatives, which was then still in Philadelphia , where he succeeded Daniel Carroll on March 4, 1791 . Until March 3, 1793 he was able to complete a legislative period in Congress . During this time, the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution , the Bill of Rights , were ratified.

After the end of his time in the US House of Representatives, Upton Sheredine was a compiler of statistical data on land, buildings and slaves in the fourth county. He died on January 14, 1800 on his Midhill estate near Liberty, where he was also buried.

Web links

• Upton Sheredine in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)

• Upton Sheredine in the database of Find a Grave (English)