Legislator Details
Vital Records Information:
Marital Information:
married Sophia Montgomery Upham, dau. of Hiram & Delphia Upham, of Hamilton, NY in 8/1862; children: Alonzo A., Mary W., Margaret C. and Sidney A. [one daughter was known as Minnie]
Number of Children: 4
Background
Education:
common school until his 13th yr. when
attended select school taught by Hon Jesse Olney, then academies
studied law at Yale Law School, 1844;
Biographical Sketch:
8th of 9 sons of Asahel & Lydia (Webster) Upson. Taught in Farmington, CT, 1840-42; moved to Constantine, St. Joseph Co., MI, 1845; taught in 1846-1847; deputy co. clerk of St. Joseph Co. 1847; admitted to the bar, 1847; practiced law in Kalamazoo; co. clerk in 1848 & 1849; pros. attorney 1852-54; moved to Coldwater, MI 1856. Member of the State bd. of railroad commissioners, 1857; attorney gen'l of Michigan,1861-62;15th circuit ct judge 1869-73; member of the commission to revise the State constitution, 1873; mayor of Coldwater, 1877.
Notable Facts:
Elected to the 38th-40th Congresses 1863-69; chair, Comm. on Expenditures in the Dept. of the Navy (40th Cong.);