Robert William Upton (February 3, 1884April 28, 1972) was a

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from

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. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he attended the public schools, graduated from

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Law School in 1907, was admitted to the Massachusetts and New Hampshire bars in 1907 and commenced practice in

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. He was a member of the

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in 1911 and was a delegate to the New Hampshire State Constitutional Conventions of 1918, 1930, 1938, and 1948, serving as president in 1948. In 1940, he also served as president of the

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. Upton was appointed on August 14, 1953, as a

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to the U.S. Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of

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, and served from August 14, 1953, to November 7, 1954; he was an unsuccessful candidate for nomination to fill the vacancy. He resumed the practice of law, was a member of the Mixed Board, Clemency and Parole in

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in 1956, and was special ambassador to

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that year. He retired from law practice in 1970 and in 1972 died in Concord; interment was in Blossom Hill Cemetery.

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