Frederick Stephen Upton (born April 23, 1953) is an American politician who served as a

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from

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from 1987 to 2023. A member of the Republican Party, he represented

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and much of southwestern Michigan for 18 terms before retiring in 2023. A former chairman of the

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, Upton has played a major role in shaping post-

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health care legislation. He is the only person in American history to vote to impeach two presidents; he voted for the

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in 1998 and the

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in 2021, as one of ten Republicans who voted to impeach Trump. After

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retired at the end of the

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, Upton became the dean of Michigan's congressional delegation.

Early life, education, and early political career

Upton was born in St. Joseph, Michigan, the son of Elizabeth B. (née Vial) and Stephen Edward Upton (1924–2022). He attended

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, graduating in 1971. He earned a B.A. in journalism from the

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in 1975. He was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity, Peninsular Chapter, and became a sports editor at ''

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'' and thought he might someday cover the

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. He served on the congressional staff of U.S. Representative David Stockman from 1976 to 1980. He was in the

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(OMB) under

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from 1981 to 1985, while Stockman served as OMB Director.

U.S. House of Representatives

Elections

1986

Upton ran in Michigan's 4th congressional district against incumbent Mark Siljander, Stockman's successor. Upton won the Republican

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55%–45% and the general election with 62% of the vote.

1988

Upton won reelection to a second term with 71% of the vote.

1990

Upton defeated Ed Fredricks in the Republican primary, 63%–37%. In the general election, he was reelected to a third term with 58% of the vote.

2000

After redistricting, Upton decided to run in the newly redrawn Michigan's 6th congressional district, winning reelection to a fourth term with 62% of the vote.

2002

After redistricting, Upton faced a primary challenge from State Senator Dale Shugars. Upton defeated Shugars 66%–32%. He won the general election with 69% of the vote.

2004

Upton defeated Democratic nominee Scott Elliott, an art gallery owner, 65%–32%.

2006

Upton defeated Democratic nominee Kim Clark, 61%–38%.

2008

Upton defeated Democratic nominee Don Cooney, a Kalamazoo City Commissioner, 59%–39%.

2010

Upton defeated former State Representative Jack Hoogendyk in the Republican primary, 57%–43%. In the general election, he defeated Cooney, 62%–34%.

2012

In 2011, Hoogendyk met with the Club for Growth, a conservative 501(c)4 organization, about running against Upton again. Upton had been criticized for not being

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enough by

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, Right to Life of Michigan, and the Southwest Michigan Tea Party Patriots. On January 17, 2012, Hoogendyk announced that he would challenge Upton in the primary, the winner of which would face the Democratic nominee, former marine and businessman Mike O'Brien. Initial polls showed Upton with a sizable lead over O'Brien, but an October poll showed Upton and O'Brien in a dead heat heading into the final stretch of the campaign.

2014

Upton won with 55.9% of the vote, defeating Democrat Paul Clements, Libertarian Erwin Haas, and Green Party candidate John Lawrence.

2016

Upton was reelected, defeating Democratic nominee Paul Clements, a political science professor at Western Michigan University, 58.5%–36.4%.

2018

Upton was reelected with 50.2% of the vote against Democratic nominee Matt Longjohn (45.75%) and U.S. Taxpayers Party candidate Stephen Young (4.1%).

2020

Upton was reelected with 55.9% of the vote against Democratic nominee Jon Hoadley (40.2%), Libertarian Party nominee Jeff Depoy (2.75%), and Green Party candidate John Lawrence (1.2%).

Tenure

Upton has been a member of moderate Republican factions The Tuesday Group and the Republican Main Street Partnership. On February 4, 2021, he joined 10 other Republican House members voting with all voting Democrats to strip Marjorie Taylor Greene of her House Education and Labor Committee and House Budget Committee assignments in response to controversial political statements she had made.

Health care

Upton voted against passage of the

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(ACA) and has since voted in favor of its complete repeal. In November 2013, in response to Americans losing their

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coverage because of the ACA, Upton proposed a bill that would allow them to retain it. The essence of his bill was to allow insurance companies to maintain their individual insurance market policies according to state insurance rules that were in effect as of 2013. In 2017, Upton played an important role advancing Republican Party efforts to repeal the ACA. In 2013, Upton introduced a bill that would grant the

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more power to regulate drug

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in the wake of the New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak. In 2016, Obama signed the

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into law, a bill Upton co-sponsored. The act establishes funds for biomedical research and to develop and implement a strategic plan for biomedical research. In 2018, Upton and Representative

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worked together on legislation designed to combat opioid addiction. Among other things, it would allocate funding for research into new, non-addictive pain relievers.

Environment and energy

In 2007 Upton co-sponsored the

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, which, among other things, mandated phased-in energy efficiency standards for most light bulbs. At the time, he noted that the legislation, ultimately signed into law by President George W. Bush, would "help preserve energy resources and reduce harmful emissions, all while saving American families billions of dollars on their electric bills."Grunwald, Michae
"Long Live the Lightbulb. Big Government has made it better"
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called Upton "all socialist" for supporting the bill. In April 2009, Upton said that "

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is a serious problem that necessitates serious solutions. Everything must be on the table." He would later be criticized for moderating his position on carbon emissions, leading a failed effort to stop the Obama administration from enforcing the new energy standards. Upton's website once stated: "I strongly believe that everything must be on the table as we seek to reduce

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."Sheppard, Kate (January 4, 2011
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, '' Mother Jones'' access-date September 4, 2018 In late 2010, he co-authored a ''

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'' opinion piece saying he was "not convinced" that "carbon is a problem in need of regulation" and urging

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to overturn '' Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency.'' Upton and

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co-sponsored H.R. 910, the Energy Tax Prevention Act of 2011. Due to his environmental policies, ''

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'' wrote in 2011 that Upton "represents one of the biggest threats to planet Earth on planet Earth." In 2012, Upton, as chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, said that Congress's refusal to set

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limits "constituted a decision and that lawmakers should act now to reverse the EPA emissions rules." Carbon regulation, he said, "threatens to drive energy prices higher, destroy jobs and hamstring our economic recovery." On October 22, 2013, Upton introduced the North American Energy Infrastructure Act (H.R. 3301; 113th Congress), a bill that would make changes to permitting requirements for pipelines and other energy infrastructure at international borders. He said the bill "is a sincere effort to focus a targeted solution to lessons learned from the

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... No one can rightly argue that the current presidential permit process as the State Department is not broken, no matter what side of the climate debate you're on." Upton added, "we're creating a fair and transparent approval process for cross-border energy projects, putting them all on a level playing field for the benefit of North American energy security, lower energy prices, and jobs." As of 2017, Upton has received more than $2 million in campaign donations from oil and gas companies and electric utilities over the course of his political career. In 2018, he joined the Climate Solutions Caucus.

Technology and infrastructure

Upton introduced legislation to reverse the FCC's ruling on net neutrality in 2015. On November 5, 2021, Upton was one of 13 House Republicans to break with their party and vote with a majority of Democrats in favor of the

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Guns

In 2019, Upton supported a bill that requires background checks for private firearm sales. He has called for Congress to pass a bipartisan red flag law. In March 2021, Upton was one of eight Republicans to join the House majority in passing the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2021.

LGBT rights

In 2004 and 2006, Upton voted for a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. In 2019, he voted against the Equality Act, which would extend existing civil rights legislation to protect LGBT individuals from discrimination. In 2013, Upton condemned controversial anti-gay remarks by Republican National Committeeman David Agema. In 2021, Upton was one of 29 Republicans to vote to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. This bill expanded legal protections for transgender people, and contained provisions allowing transgender women to use women's shelters and serve time in prisons matching their gender identity. In 2021, Upton was one of 33 Republicans to vote for the LGBTQ Business Equal Credit Enforcement and Investment Act. In 2021, Upton co-sponsored the Fairness for All Act, the Republican alternative to the Equality Act. The bill would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex, sexual orientation, and gender identity, and protect the free exercise of religion. On July 19, 2022, Upton and 46 other Republican Representatives voted for the

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, which would codify the right to same-sex marriage in federal law.

Economy

In 2019, during the

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, Upton broke with his party, one of seven Republicans to side with Democrats by voting for legislation that would fund government services and end a shutdown. In February 2021, Upton voted against a $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill that provided $10 billion in federal aid to Michigan.

Donald Trump

During Trump's presidency, Upton voted in line with Trump's stated position 78.6% of the time. In July 2019, Upton was one of four Republican House members to vote in support of a motion to condemn comments Trump made on Twitter calling on four Democratic Congresswomen, three of whom were born in the U.S., to "go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came." On December 18, 2019, Upton voted against both articles of impeachment against Trump. On January 12, 2021, Upton announced he would vote to impeach Trump in the pending vote on a second impeachment, claiming Trump incited the

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, becoming the fourth House Republican to say they would vote to impeach. He ultimately did so alongside nine other Republicans on January 13. On January 21, 2021, the Allegan County Republican Party censured Upton for his vote to impeach Trump. He was later censured by the Cass County Republican Party for voting to remove Marjorie Taylor Greene from the House Education Committee. On May 19, 2021, Upton was one of 35 Republicans who joined all Democrats in voting to approve legislation to establish the January 6 commission meant to investigate the Capitol attack. Before the vote, he was one of few Republican lawmakers to openly express support for the commission. In October 2024, Upton endorsed

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in the 2024 presidential election, calling Trump "unfit to serve".

Iraq

In June 2021, Upton was one of 49 House Republicans to vote to repeal the AUMF against Iraq.

Steve Bannon

On October 21, 2021, Upton was one of nine House Republicans who voted to hold

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in contempt of Congress.

Immigration

Upton supports DACA. Upton voted for the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020 which authorizes DHS to nearly double the available H-2B visas for the remainder of FY 2020. Upton voted for the Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 1158), which effectively prohibits ICE from cooperating with Health and Human Services to detain or remove illegal alien sponsors of unaccompanied alien children (UACs).

Abortion

Upton was one of three Republicans to vote for H.R. 8297: Ensuring Access to Abortion Act of 2022. Upton voted for H.R. 8373: The Right to Contraception Act. This bill was designed to protect access to contraceptives and health care providers' ability to provide contraceptives and information related to contraception. The bill would also fund

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Big Tech

In 2022, Upton was one of 39 Republicans to vote for the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, an antitrust package that would crack down on corporations for anti-competitive behavior.

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

* Congressional Automotive Caucus (Co-Vice Chair) * Congressional Competitiveness Caucus * Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus * Diabetes Caucus * India Caucus * Indian-Americans Caucus * United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus * Sportsmen's Caucus * Bipartisan Climate Solutions Caucus * House Baltic Caucus * Congressional Arts Caucus * Republican Governance Group * Problem Solvers Caucus * Republican Main Street Partnership

Personal life

Upton's grandfather and eponym, Frederick Upton, served as vice-president of appliance manufacturer and marketer

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, headquartered in

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, which was founded by his great-uncle

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. He and his wife have two children. Upton's niece is supermodel

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. Open Secrets reported that Upton had a net worth of $78 million in 2018, making him one of Congress's richest members. Upton is a supporter of

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athletics, as well as an enthusiastic

baseball fan. He is a member of the Emil Verban Society. Upton is a Congregationalist.

Electoral history

, + : Results 1986–1990 ! Year ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - , 1986 , , , , Fred Upton , , 70,331 , , 62% , , , Dan Roche , , 41,624 , , 37% , , , Richard Gillmor , ,

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, , 1,649 , , 1% , , - , 1988 , , , , Fred Upton , , 132,270 , , 71% , , , Norman Rivers , , 54,428 , , 29% , , , , , , , - ,

1990 Important events of 1990 include the Reunification of Germany and the unification of Yemen, the formal beginning of the Human Genome Project (finished in 2003), the launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, the separation of Namibia from South ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 75,850 , , 58% , , , JoAnne McFarland , , 55,449 , , 42% , , , , , , , + : Results 1992–2020 ! Year ! ! Republican ! Votes ! % ! ! Democratic ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! ! Third Party ! Party ! Votes ! % ! , - ,

1992 1992 was designated as International Space Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 – Boutros Boutros-Ghali of Egypt replaces Javier Pérez de Cuéllar of Peru as United Nations Secretary-General. * January 6 ** The Republ ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 144,083 , , 62% , , , Andy Davis , , 89,020 , , 38% , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

1994 The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations. In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 121,932 , , 73% , , , David Taylor , , 42,348 , , 26% , , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", E. A. Berker , ! style="background:#00bfff; ",

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1996 1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 146,170 , , 68% , , , Clarence Annen , , 66,243 , , 31% , , , Scott Beavers , ,

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 113,292 , , 70% , , , Clarence Annen , , 45,358 , , 28% , , , Glenn Whitt , ,

, , 1,833 , , 1% , , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", Ken Asmus , ! style="background:#00bfff; ",

, ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1,091 , ! style="background:#00bfff; ", 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 159,373 , , 68% , , , James Bupp , , 68,532 , , 29% , , , William Bradley , ,

, , 3,573 , , 2% , , , Richard Overton , ,

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, , 1,872 , , 1% , , , C. Dennis James , , USTPM , , 1,290 , , 1% , , - ,

2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 126,936 , , 69% , , , Gary Giguere , , 53,793 , , 29% , , , Richard Overton , ,

, , 2,788 , , 2% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and Its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 60 ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 197,425 , , 65% , , , Scott Elliott , , 97,978 , , 32% , , , Randall MacPhee , ,

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, , 2,311 , , 1% , , , Erwin Haas , ,

, , 2,275 , , 1% , , , W. Dennis FitzSimons , , USTPM , , 2,169 , , 1% , , - ,

2006 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and Desertification. Events January * January 1– 4 – Russia temporarily cuts shipment of natural gas to Ukraine during a price dispute. * January 12 – A stampede during t ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 142,125 , , 61% , , , Kim Clark , , 88,978 , , 38% , , , Kenneth Howe , ,

, , 3,480 , , 1% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 188,157 , , 59% , , , Don Cooney , , 123,257 , , 39% , , , Greg Merle , ,

, , 4,720 , , 1% , , , Edward Pinkney , ,

, , 3,512 , , 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2010 The year saw a multitude of natural and environmental disasters such as the 2010 Haiti earthquake, the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, and the 2010 Chile earthquake. The 2009 swine flu pandemic, swine flu pandemic which began the previous year ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 123,142 , , 62% , , , Don Cooney , , 66,729 , , 34% , , , Melvin Valkner , , USTPM , , 3,672 , , 2% , , , Fred Strand , ,

, , 3,369 , , 2% , , , Pat Foster , ,

, , 1,784 , , 1% , , - ,

2012 2012 was designated as: *International Year of Cooperatives *International Year of Sustainable Energy for All Events January *January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins. * January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 174,955 , , 55% , , , Mike O'Brien , , 136,563 , , 43% , , , Christie Gelineau , ,

, , 6,366 , , 2% , , , Jason Gatties , , USTPM , , 2,591 , , 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2014 The year 2014 was marked by the surge of the Western African Ebola epidemic, West African Ebola epidemic, which began in 2013, becoming the List of Ebola outbreaks, most widespread outbreak of the Ebola, Ebola virus in human history, resul ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 116,801 , , 56% , , , Paul Clements , , 84,391 , , 40% , , , Erwin Haas , ,

, , 5,530 , , 3% , , , John Lawrence , ,

, , 2,254 , , 1% , , , , , , , - ,

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 193,246 , , 58% , , , Paul Clements , , 119,975 , , 36% , , , Lorence Wenke , ,

, , 16,249 , , 5% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 147,436 , , 50% , , , Matt Longjohn , , 134,082 , , 46% , , , Stephen J. Young , , USTPM , , 11,920 , , 4% , , , , , , , , , , , , - ,

2020 The year 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of even ...

, , , , Fred Upton , , 211,496 , , 56% , , , Jon Hoadley , , 152,085 , , 40% , , , Jeff Depoy , ,

, , 10,399 , , 3% , , , John Lawrence , ,

, , 4,440 , , 1% , , , , , ,

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