Robert William Upton (February 3, 1884April 28, 1972) was a
United States senator
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Party affiliation
Independent Senators Angus King of Maine and Berni ...
from
New Hampshire
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. Born in
Boston, Massachusetts
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, he attended the public schools, graduated from
Boston University
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Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire
bars in 1907 and commenced practice in
Concord, New Hampshire
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. He was a member of the
New Hampshire House of Representatives
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in 1911 and was a delegate to the
New Hampshire State Constitutional Conventions of 1918, 1930, 1938, and 1948, serving as president in 1948. In 1940, he also served as president of the
New Hampshire Bar Association
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History
NHBA's lineage extends back to county bar chapters such as New Hampshire's Grafton County Bar Association which ...
.
Upton was appointed on August 14, 1953, as a
Republican to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Charles W. Tobey, and served from August 14, 1953, to November 7, 1954; he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy. He resumed the practice of law, was a member of the Mixed Board, Clemency and Parole in
Bonn, Germany
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in 1956, and was special ambassador to
Liberia
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that year. He retired from law practice in 1970 and in 1972 died in Concord; interment was in Blossom Hill Cemetery.
References
1884 births
1972 deaths
Politicians from Boston
Boston University School of Law alumni
Republican Party members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
American diplomats
Republican Party United States senators from New Hampshire
Lawyers from Boston
20th-century American lawyers
20th-century United States senators
20th-century members of the New Hampshire General Court
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