Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 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 mumiririri ku
1856 Republican National Convention. Akanga ari mutongi mukuru wedunhu rechigumi nematatu rekutonga kwePennsylvania kubva muna 1861 kusvika munaKurume 4, 1865, paakasiya basa kuti apinde muCongress.