Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ulysses Mercur an haife shi ne a Towanda, Pennsylvania. Ya sauke karatu daga Kwalejin Jefferson a Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a 1842. Ya yi karatun shari'a, an shigar da shi cikin lauya kuma ya fara aiki a Towanda a 1843. Ya kasance wakili ne a taron Jam'iyyar Republican na 1856
Ka yi haƙuri. Ya kasance shugaban alƙali na gundumar shari'a ta goma sha uku na Pennsylvania daga 1861 har zuwa Maris 4, 1865, lokacin da ya yi murabus don shiga Majalisar.