Ulysses F. Doubleday
Ulysses F. Doubleday | |
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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 | Otsego County, New York | December 15, 1792
Died | March 11, 1866 Bloomington, Illinois | (aged 73)
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]He engaged inagriculturalpursuits inScipio, New Yorkfrom 1837 to 1846. He moved to New York City and engaged inmercantilepursuits 1846–1860.
Death and burial
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- United States Congress."Ulysses F. Doubleday (id: D000444)".Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
External links
[edit]This article incorporatespublic domain materialfrom theBiographical Directory of the United States Congress
- 1792 births
- 1866 deaths
- People from Otsego County, New York
- American printers
- Defunct publishing companies of the United States
- United States Army personnel of the War of 1812
- Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from New York (state)
- 19th-century American legislators
- People from Scipio, New York