Charles H. Upton

Charles Horace Upton (August 23, 1812 – June 17, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician from Massachusetts and Virginia.

Biography Born in Salem, Massachusetts, Upton attended the public schools as a child and went on to graduate from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. He moved to Falls Church, Virginia, in 1836 and engaged in agricultural and literary pursuits. He held several local offices before being elected a Unionist to the United States House of Representatives in 1861, serving until 1862 when the House declared he was not entitled to the seat.

In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Upton consul to Switzerland, which he served as until his death on June 17, 1877, in Geneva, Switzerland. He was interred in Congressional Cemetery in Washington, D.C..