OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Abel Parker Upshur

BORN:
June 17, 1790
Northampton County, Virginia,

DIED:
February 28, 1844 (age 53)
Potomac River, Maryland

EDUCATION:
Yale University
College of New Jersey (now Princeton)

POLITICAL PARTY: 
Whig

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1812-1813:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1824-1826:
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
1841-1843:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1843-1844:
U.S. Secretary of State

RESOURCES:
Department of State
U.S. Navy
Wikipedia