Jabez Upham (August 23, 1764 – November 8, 1811) was a U.S. Representative from

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, brother of George Baxter Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham, both were also U.S. Representatives. Born in Brookfield in the

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, Upham graduated from

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in 1785. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in

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. He moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, and then to Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he continued the practice of law. He served as member of the

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from 1804 to 1806 and in 1811. Upham was elected as a

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to the Tenth and Eleventh Congresses, and served from March 4, 1807, until his resignation in 1810. He died in Brookfield, Massachusetts, November 8, 1811. He was interred in New Cemetery,

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. Jabez Upham was the grandfather of Horace Gray, a Supreme Court judge.

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