Jeremiah Northup Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Honourable
Jeremiah Northup
Office:Senator for Halifax, Nova Scotia
Appointed:John A. Macdonald
Term Start:October 10, 1870
Term End:April 10, 1879
Birth Date:1816
Birth Place:Falmouth, Nova Scotia
Death Date:April 10, 1879
Party:Liberal

Jeremiah Northup (1816  - April 10, 1879) was a Canadian merchant, shipowner, and politician.

Born in Falmouth, Nova Scotia, the son of John Northup and Agnes Harvey, he had ownership of at least seven ships during his lifetime. In 1867, he was elected to the Nova Scotia House of Assembly as an anti-confederate. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1870 representing the senatorial division of Halifax, Nova Scotia. A Liberal, he served until his death in 1879.