Ulysses F. Doubleday

Ulysses Freeman Doubleday (* December 15, 1792 in Otsego County, New York, † March 11, 1866 in Bloomington, Illinois ) was an American politician. Between 1831 and 1833, and 1835-1837 he represented the State of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

Ulysses Freeman Doubleday received a limited education. He was apprenticed to the printer and went after these jobs in Cooperstown, Utica and Albany. During the British - American War he served at Sackets Harbor. He then founded the Saratoga Courier in Ballston Spa. He moved to Auburn, where he edited the Cayuga Patriot 1819-1839. Politically, he was a member of the Jacksonian Group. In the congressional elections of 1830 for the 22nd Congress Doubleday was in the 24th electoral district of New York in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Gershom Powers on March 4, 1831. He retired after the March 3, 1833 out of the Congress. 1834 he was appointed inspector in Auburn prison. He ran in 1834 for the 24th Congress. After a successful election, he entered on March 4, 1835, the successor of Rowland Day. He then retired after March 3, 1837 out of the Congress. Between 1837 and 1846 he worked in Scipio in agriculture. He then moved to New York City, where he pursued 1846-1860 commercial transactions. The following period was overshadowed by the Civil War. He died on March 11, 1866 in Bloomington, and was then buried in the Bloomington Township Old City Cemetery.