Charles W. Upham

Charles W. Upham
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Massachusetts's 6th district
In office
March 4, 1853 – March 3, 1855
Preceded byGeorge T. Davis
Succeeded byTimothy Davis
7th Mayor
of Salem, Massachusetts
In office
1852–1853
Preceded byDavid Pingree
Succeeded byAsahel Huntington
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
for Essex
In office
1849–1849
In office
1859–1860
President of the Massachusetts Senate
In office
1857–1858
Preceded byElihu C. Baker
Succeeded byCharles A. Phelps
Member of the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1853
In office
1853–1853
Member of the
Massachusetts Senate
for Essex
In office
1850–1850
In office
1857–1858
Personal details
Born
Charles Wentworth Upham

(1802-05-04)May 4, 1802
Saint John, New Brunswick Colony, British Canada
DiedJune 15, 1875(1875-06-15) (aged 73)
Salem, Massachusetts, U.S.
NationalityCanadian, American
Political partyWhig, Free Soil, Republican
SpouseAnn Susan Holmes
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Charles Wentworth Upham (May 4, 1802 – June 15, 1875) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. Upham was also a member, and President of the Massachusetts State Senate, the 7th Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, and twice a member of the Massachusetts State House of Representatives. Upham was the cousin of George Baxter Upham and Jabez Upham. Upham was later a historian of Salem and the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 when he lived there.