William Upton served from 1867 until 1874 on the Oregon Supreme Court before appointment to a position with the United States Treasury in 1877.

A native of New York, he was elected to the state legislatures in Michigan, California, and Oregon.

[1] The following year he served in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Republican from Multnomah County.

[4] He also wrote a 17-page dissent in the legislative delegation case of Brown v. Fleischner, 4 Or 132, (1871), which would be overturned using Upton’s argument in Shattuck v. Kincaid, 31 Or.

[4] Upon leaving the court, Upton was appointed to a position in the United States Treasury.