16 Facts About Charles Upson

Charles Upson was a politician from the US state of Michigan.

Charles Upson attended the district and select schools of Southington and later taught school in Farmington from 1840 to 1842.

Charles Upson studied law at the Yale Law School in 1844 and moved to Constantine, Michigan the following year.

Charles Upson taught school in 1846 and 1847 and became deputy county clerk of St Joseph County in 1847.

Charles Upson was admitted to the bar in 1847 and commenced practice in Kalamazoo.

Charles Upson served as county clerk from 1848 to 1849 and prosecuting attorney from 1852 to 1854.

Charles Upson was a member of the Michigan Senate from 1855 to 1856.

Charles Upson moved to Coldwater, Michigan in 1856 and continued the practice of law.

Charles Upson was a member of the State board of railroad commissioners in 1857 and served as Michigan Attorney General from 1861 to 1862.

Charles Upson served as chairman of the Committee on Expenditures in the Department of the Navy.

Charles Upson was not a candidate for renomination in 1868.

In 1869, Charles Upson was appointed judge of the Michigan fifteenth circuit court, serving until his resignation on December 31,1872.

Charles Upson was a member of the commission to revise the State constitution in 1873.

Charles Upson served as mayor of the city of Coldwater in 1877.

Charles Upson was again a member of the Michigan Senate serving from 1881 to 1882 and resumed the practice of his profession.

Charles Upson died in Coldwater and was interred in Oak Grove Cemetery.