Jabez Upham

Jabez Upham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th district
In office March 4, 1807 – 1810
Preceded by	Seth Hastings
Succeeded by	Joseph Allen
Personal details
Born	(1764-08-23)August 23, 1764 Brookfield, Massachusetts
Died	Brookfield, Massachusetts
Political party	Federalist
Relations	Horace Gray (grandson)
Alma mater	Harvard University

Jabez Upham (August 23, 1764 – November 8, 1811) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, brother of George Baxter Upham, and cousin of Charles Wentworth Upham.

Born in Brookfield, Massachusetts, Upham graduated from Harvard University in 1785. He studied law, was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

He moved to Claremont, New Hampshire, and then to Brookfield, Massachusetts, where he continued the practice of law. He served as member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1804 to 1806 and in 1811.

Upham was elected as a Federalist 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, West Brookfield, Massachusetts.

Jabez Upham was the grandfather of Horace Gray.

References

• Jabez Upham at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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United States House of Representatives
Preceded by Seth Hastings	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts's 10th congressional district 1807–1810	Succeeded by Joseph Allen

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