William Felton Upton

Full Name: William Felton Upton
Date of birth: August 31, 1832
Date of death: February 7, 1887

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	70	Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887	19th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Schulenburg / Fayette	Fayette
H	70	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885	18th ⁽²⁾	Democrat	Schulenburg / Fayette	Fayette
H	61	Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883	17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾	Democrat	Schulenburg / Fayette	Fayette
H	61	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881	16th ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Schulenburg / Fayette	Fayette
H	50	Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870	11th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾		High Hill / Fayette	Fayette

(1) Served as chairman of the 1884 Democratic State Convention. Platforms of Political Parties in Texas, 1916.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(3) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(5) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(6) Roster of 11th Legislature, House of Representatives, "Texas Legislative Proceedings," 8/11/1866, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(7) "In 1853 Upton moved to Texas and became a farmer and store owner in the Blum Hill community, west of Foerster's Creek in southern Fayette County . . In 1859 he was joined by his older brother who took charge of the farming operations while William concentrated on the mercantile business in the community, which by 1858 was called High Hill." Handbook of Texas Online.
(8) LaGrange, Fayette County. House Journal.
(9) High Hill, Fayette County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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House District 70
Jan 13, 1885 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 19th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Schulenburg / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 70
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 13, 1885
Legislatures: 18th ⁽²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Schulenburg / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 61
Jan 11, 1881 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 17th ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Schulenburg / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 61
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 11, 1881
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Schulenburg / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

House District 50
Aug 6, 1866 - Feb 7, 1870
Legislatures: 11th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾
Home City/County: High Hill / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

Memorial committee and resolution, memorial communication spread upon the Journal from Chief Clerk Will Lambert, 20th Legislature, R.S., 2/8/1887-2/9/1887, pp. 289, 297, 301. House Journal.

Biographical Sketches

Hon. W.F. Upton, mentioned as introducing a bill for an appropriation for a monument for fallen heroes, Vol. 1, pp. 705-706. "In the eighteenth legislature the county of Fayette was represented by Hons. W. F. Upton and A. J. Rosenthal. . . they introduced a bill requesting an appropriation for the erection of a monument at La Grange to the memory of the Mier Prisoners who were shot at Salado, state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico, and whose remains had been brought to Texas in 1848 and interred at La Grange; and to Dawson and his men, who, in 1842, were massacred by the Mexicans after surrender, near the Salado River, Bexar County, Texas, and whose bones had been interred in the same vault with the Mier Prisoners." A Comprehensive History of Texas, 1685 to 1897.
UPTON, WILLIAM FELTON (1832-1887). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, W.F. Upton, p. 57. Born 1832 in Winchester, Tennessee. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, p. 268. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.
Biographical sketch, pp. 264-265. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

William Felton Upton. Texas Burial Sites of Civil War Notables: A Biographical and Pictorial Field Guide, 2002.
Confederate States Army, Lieutenant Colonel, Mann's (Bradford's) Texas Cavalry Regiment. Biographical sketch, pp. 30, 123. Texas in the War, 1861-1865, 1965.

Other Resources

Col. William F. Upton (1832-1887), burial in Schulenburg City Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fayette County. Includes historical marker photo. Find a Grave.
Obituary, "Col. W.F. Upton Dead," LaGrange Journal, 2/10/1887, p. 3, crediting Fayette Public Library, Museum and Archives. Member of the 12th [sic], 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th Legislatures. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Historical marker, Col. William F. Upton, Schulenburg City Cemetery, Schulenburg, Fayette County. Texas Historic Sites Atlas (Texas Historical Commission).

Photographs

Photograph. W.F. Upton, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W. Upton, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.F. Upton, 17th Legislature, Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Photograph. Wm. F. Upton, 11th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

11th session composite photo of House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, south wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
18th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, east wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of House members (House chamber vestibule, west wall. 2W.V1). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of House members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.

Committee Information top

19th R.S. - 1885 Capitol Contract Finance (Chair) Laying the Cornerstone of the New Capitol Penitentiaries Private Land Claims Revision of Rules
18th R.S. - 1883 Comptroller's Report Delay Election of W.H. Tucker of Anderson County Fence Cutting Finance (Chair) Public Buildings and Grounds Towns and City Corporations Validity of University Fund Claims in Comptroller's Office
17th R.S. - 1881 Comptroller's and Treasurer's Office, Examine (Chair) Congressional Districts County Governments and County Finances Penitentiaries Places of Business and Suitable Buildings for Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Commissioners of Appeals Public Buildings and Grounds
16th R.S. - 1879 Commerce and Manufactures Comptroller's and Treasurer's Offices, Examine (Chair) Executive Mansion Penitentiary Public Buildings and Grounds Reduction of Expenses in Departments, Select
11th R.S. - 1866 County and County Boundaries Education

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