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  Upham, Charles W.
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NameCharles W. Upham
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Salem, Massachusetts , United States
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Born May 04, 1802
DiedJune 15, 1875 (73 years)
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Apr 11, 2015 08:15pm
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InfoUPHAM, Charles Wentworth, (cousin of George Baxter Upham and Jabez Upham), a Representative from Massachusetts; born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, May 4, 1802; served as an apothecary’s apprentice; worked on a farm in Nova Scotia, immigrated to the United States in 1816 and settled in Boston, Mass.; was graduated from the theological department of Harvard University in 1821; was ordained to the ministry and officiated in Salem, Mass., 1824-1844; member of the State house of representatives 1840-1849; unsuccessful Whig candidate for election to the Thirty-second Congress; mayor of Salem, Mass., in 1852; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1853; elected as a Whig to the Thirty-third Congress (March 4, 1853-March 3, 1855); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1854 to the Thirty-fourth Congress; member of the State senate in 1857 and 1858, serving as president; again a member of the State house of representatives in 1859 and 1860; died in Salem, Mass., on June 15, 1875; interment in Harmony Grove Cemetery.


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  11/12/1854 MA District 6 Lost 28.44% (-36.95%)
  12/13/1852 MA District 6 - 2nd Trial Won 46.90% (+1.86%)
  11/08/1852 MA District 6 - 1st Trial Won 42.04% (+19.02%)
  05/26/1851 MA District 2 - 4th Trial Lost 43.60% (-7.83%)
  04/07/1851 MA District 2 - 3rd Trial Won 45.58% (+11.79%)
  01/20/1851 MA District 2 - 2nd Trial Won 47.98% (+14.93%)
  01/20/1851 MA District 2 - Special Election - 4th Trial Won 47.96% (+14.87%)
  11/11/1850 MA District 2 - 1st Trial Won 44.39% (+11.34%)
  11/11/1850 MA District 2 - Special Election - 3rd Trial Won 43.78% (+9.27%)
  09/09/1850 MA District 2 - Special Election - 2nd Trial Won 48.65% (+12.93%)
  08/19/1850 MA District 2 - Special Election - 1st Trial Won 49.41% (+16.23%)
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