Dhameystir weedha soo socota: Ulysses Mercur wuxuu ku dhashay Towanda, Pennsylvania. Wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay kulliyadda Jefferson ee Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, sanadkii 1842. Wuxuu bartay sharciga, waxaana loo aqbalay qareenimo wuxuuna bilaabay inuu ku dhaqmo Towanda sanadkii 1843. Wuxuu ahaa wakiil ka tirsan
Shirweynihii Qaranka ee Jamhuuriga 1856 Wuxuu ahaa garsooraha madaxweynaha ee degmada 13aad ee Pennsylvania laga soo bilaabo 1861 ilaa Maarso 4, 1865, markii uu is casilay si uu u galo Congress-ka.