{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Jabez Upham | honorific_suffix = | image = | alt = | state1 = [[Massachusetts]] | district1 = {{ushr|MA|10|10th}} | term_start1 = March 4, 1807 | term_end1 = 1810 | predecessor1 = [[Seth Hastings]] | successor1 = [[Joseph Allen (congressman)|Joseph Allen]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1764|8|23}} | birth_place = [[Brookfield, Massachusetts|Brookfield]], [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], [[British America]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1811|11|8|1764|8|23}} | death_place = [[Brookfield, Massachusetts|Brookfield]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | spouse = | party = [[Federalist Party|Federalist]] | relations = [[Horace Gray]] (grandson) | children = | alma_mater = [[Harvard University]] | occupation = | profession = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = | footnotes = }}

'''Jabez Upham''' (August 23, 1764 – November 8, 1811) was a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] from [[Massachusetts]], brother of [[George Baxter Upham]], and cousin of [[Charles Wentworth Upham]], both were also U.S. representatives.

Born in [[Brookfield, Massachusetts|Brookfield]] in the [[Province of Massachusetts Bay]], Upham graduated from [[Harvard University]] in 1785. He studied law, was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the bar]] and commenced practice in [[Sturbridge, Massachusetts]].

He moved to [[Claremont, New Hampshire]], and then to [[Brookfield, Massachusetts]], where he continued the practice of law. He served as member of the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1804 to 1806 and in 1811.

Upham was elected as a [[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] to the [[10th United States Congress|Tenth]] and [[11th United States Congress|Eleventh]] Congresses, and served from March 4, 1807, until his resignation in 1810.

He died in [[Brookfield, Massachusetts]], November 8, 1811. He was interred in New Cemetery, [[West Brookfield, Massachusetts]].

Jabez Upham was the grandfather of [[Horace Gray]], a [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court judge]].

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