Abel P. Upshur

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Abel P. Upshur was a 19th-century American lawyer, judge, and statesman who served as U.S. Secretary of the Navy and later Secretary of State under President John Tyler.

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instanceOf American politician
human
judge
statesman
appointedBy John Tyler NERFINISHED
burialPlace Virginia NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath explosion of a naval gun aboard USS Princeton
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1790-06-17
dateOfDeath 1844-02-28
educatedAt College of New Jersey (Princeton University) (briefly attended) NERFINISHED
Yale College (did not graduate) NERFINISHED
familyName Upshur NERFINISHED
fullName Abel Parker Upshur NERFINISHED
givenName Abel NERFINISHED
hasHonorificNamesake USS Upshur NERFINISHED
Upshur County, Texas NERFINISHED
Upshur County, West Virginia NERFINISHED
ideology states’ rights constitutionalism
knownFor role in U.S. naval reform
service in the cabinet of President John Tyler
support for states’ rights
memberOfPoliticalParty Whig Party NERFINISHED
notableEvent negotiated early stages of the Texas annexation treaty
notableWork advocacy for the annexation of Texas
occupation diplomat
judge
lawyer
politician
officeEndTime 1843 (as U.S. Secretary of the Navy)
1844 (as U.S. Secretary of State)
officeStartTime 1841 (as U.S. Secretary of the Navy)
1843 (as U.S. Secretary of State)
placeOfBirth Northampton County, Virginia NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Potomac River, near Washington, D.C. NERFINISHED
positionHeld United States Secretary of State
United States Secretary of the Navy NERFINISHED
Virginia state legislator
judge of the General Court of Virginia
member of the Virginia House of Delegates
practicedLawIn Virginia NERFINISHED
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
servedIn administration of John Tyler
stateOfOrigin Virginia NERFINISHED
studiedLawIn Richmond, Virginia NERFINISHED

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Upshur County, Texas namedAfter Abel P. Upshur