William H. Upson
(January 11, 1823 — April 13, 1910) William Hanford Upson was a politician, lawyer, and judge. Upson was born in Worthington, Ohio in 1823. He graduated from Western Reserve College, studied law and Yale College, and was admitted to the bar in 1845. Upson served in the State Senate from 1853 to 1855, and as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions in 1864 to 1876. He was elected as a Republican to the United States House of Representatives and served from March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1873. After serving in Congress, he was appointed as an associate justice to the Ohio Supreme Court and served one year before being elected as a judge of the circuit court of Ohio in 1884. He served in that capacity until 1894, when he retired to resume the practice of law until his death in 1910.
[Source: “Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774 - Present,” available at https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/U000029]
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Ohio Delegation - The Civil Rights Act of 1875
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