Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ulysses Mercur akaberekerwa muTowanda, Pennsylvania. Akapedza kudzidza paJefferson College muCannonsburg, Pennsylvania, muna 1842. Akadzidza mutemo, akabvumirwa kubhawa ndokutanga kuita basa muTowanda muna 1843. Akanga ari nhume ku1856 Republican National Convention
. Akanga ari mutongi mukuru wedunhu rechigumi nematatu rekutonga kwePennsylvania kubva muna 1861 kusvika munaKurume 4, 1865, paakasiya basa kuti apinde muCongress.