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Abel P. Upshur
Abel Parker Upshur (June 17, 1790 – February 28, 1844) was an American lawyer, judge and politician from Virginia. Upshur was active in Virginia state politics and later served as Secretary of the Navy and Secretary of State during the Whig administration of President John Tyler. Upshur was instrumental in negotiating the secret treaty that led to the 1845 annexation of Texas to the United States and played a key role in ensuring that Texas was admitted to the United States as a slave state. He was among six people killed on February 28, 1844, when a gun exploded during an official function on board the President's steam warship .
==Early life and career==
Upshur was born in Northampton County, Virginia in 1790, one of twelve children. His father Littleton Upshur—described as a "staunch individualist and rabid Federalist"〔—owned the plantation Vaucluse, and was a member of the Virginia Legislature,〔 and a Captain in the US Army during the War of 1812.〔
Upshur attended Princeton University and Yale College;〔 he was expelled from the former for participating in a student rebellion.〔〔 He did not graduate, returning to Richmond, Virginia, to study law with a private firm.〔 Upshur was admitted to the bar in 1810; he briefly set up practice in Baltimore, Maryland,〔 but returned to Virginia after the death of his father.〔 He developed a thriving law practice and became active in state politics.〔
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