Ulysses F. Doubleday

Ulysses F. Doubleday
Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromNew York's24thdistrict
In office March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837
Preceded by	Rowland Day
Succeeded by	William H. Noble
In office March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833
Preceded by	Gershom Powers
Succeeded by	Rowland Day
Personal details
Born	(1792-12-15)December 15, 1792 Otsego County, New York
Died	March 11, 1866(1866-03-11)(aged 73) Bloomington, Illinois
Resting place	Old City Cemetery, Bloomington, Illinois
Political party	Jacksonian
Spouse	Hester Donnelly
Children	4
Military service
Allegiance	United States
Branch/service	United States Army
Battles/wars	War of 1812

Ulysses Freeman Doubleday(December 15, 1792 – March 11, 1866) was an American politician who served two terms as aU.S. RepresentativefromNew Yorkfrom 1831 to 1833, and from 1835 to 1837.

He was also a newspaper publisher, a book publisher, printer, a veteran of theWar of 1812,a merchant, and farmer.

Biography

Born inOtsego County, New York,Doubleday received a limited formal schooling. While living in Cooperstown he was apprenticed to the village printer at a very young age. Apprentices were legally bound to work for many years with little or no rights but with a chance to learn a useful trade.

Ulysses was near the last of 27 Doubleday children. His father Abner Doubleday was a farmer and Revolutionary War soldier. His mother Mercy Freeman was a preacher's daughter. He learned the art of printing and worked as aprinterin Cooperstown, Utica, and Albany, New York. He served atSackets Harborin theWar of 1812. He established the Saratoga Courier at Ballston Spa.

Publisher

He was a book publisher under the name UF Doubleday printing leather bound books starting in 1817. He published the following books. Samuel Young'sTreatise on Internal Navigation,1817 (with parts written by Albert Galatin), Gilbert McMaster'sAn Apology for the Book of Psalms,1818 and William Ray'sPoems on Various Subjects,1821. A Brief Account of the Construction, Management, & Discipline &c. &c. of the New-York State Prison at Auburn, together with a Compendium of Criminal Law by Powers, Gershom. 1826 Auburn. Other books printed by Doubleday are Almanacs from 1820 to 1827, school books on Geography and Reading, pamphlets religious and civic organizations.

He moved toAuburn, New York,where he published and edited the newspaper Cayuga Patriot 1819–1839. He ran a stationery store in Auburn called Doubleday's.

The town of Auburn benefited from the Erie Canal and became the 3rd largest city in New York State.

Congress

Doubleday was elected as aJacksonianto theTwenty-secondCongress (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1833).

He was appointed inspector and warden of Auburn Prison in 1834. As warden he abolished cold water punishment of prisoners. In May 1834 he helped charter the Auburn and Syracuse Railroad.

Doubleday was elected to theTwenty-fourthCongress (March 4, 1835 – March 3, 1837).

Later career

He engaged inagriculturalpursuits inScipio, New Yorkfrom 1837 to 1846. He moved to New York City and engaged inmercantilepursuits 1846–1860.

Death and burial

He died on March 11, 1866, inBloomington, Illinois. He was interred in the Bloomington Township Old City Cemetery,Bloomington, Illinois.He currently rests at Evergreen Cemetery in Bloomington, Illinois.

Family

He married Hester Donnelly and they were parents ofThomas D. Doubleday,Major GeneralAbner Doubleday,Brevet Brigadier GeneralUlysses Doubledayand Jane Ann Doubleday (March 5, 1830 – June 12, 1843).

References

• United States Congress."Ulysses F. Doubleday (id: D000444)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

External links

• Ulysses Freeman DoubledayArchived2016-04-17 at theWayback Machine-McLean County Museum of History

This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress