Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce [SEP] date of birth
Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce
Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce (1865–1943) was a Unitarian minister who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate (1909–1913).
Early years.
Pierce was born in Providence, Rhode Island on July 17, 1865. He received degrees from Hillsdale College and Harvard Divinity School (1890–1891). He was ordained in July 1891 at Decorah, Iowa.
Ministry.
Following his ordination, he served congregations in Decorah, Iowa (1891–1892), Pomona, California (1893–1897), and
1891, at Allegan, Michigan, Pierce married Helen Florence Lonsbury, daughter of George and Sarah Lonsbury.
External links.
- The papers of Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce are in the Andover-Harvard Theological Library at Harvard Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts.