Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of our Federal Government : Being a Review of Judge Story¿s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States

Born in Northampton County, Virginia, Upshur attended Yale and Princeton and subsequently became an enormously successful attorney in Richmond, Virginia. In 1841 President Tyler selected Ushur to be secretary of the navy and in 1843 secretary of state. In February 1844, while joining the president and others on the maiden cruise of the new steamship USS Princeton, Secretary Upshur and several others were killed when one of the ship’s guns exploded.Upshur, Abel P. is the author of 'Brief Enquiry into the True Nature and Character of our Federal Government : Being a Review of Judge Story¿s Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States', published 2007 under ISBN 9781934182024 and ISBN 1934182028.