Abel P. Upshur

About Abel P. Upshur

[Wikidata] lawyer and politician (1790-1844)... | [Wikipedia] Abel Parker Upshur was an American lawyer, planter, judge, and politician from the Eastern Shore of Virginia. Active in Virginia state politics for decades, with a brother and a nephew who became distinguished U.S. Navy officers, Judge Upshur left the Virginia bench to become the Secretary of the Na