Isaac J. Ullman

Isaac James Ullman, or Ullmann, (March 29, 1798 – November 7, 1866) was an American businessman and politician who served one term in the Michigan House of Representatives. He was a founder of Racine College in Wisconsin.

Isaac J. Ullman
Member of the Michigan House of Representatives
from the St. Joseph County district
In office
November 2, 1835 – January 1, 1837
Personal details
Born(1798 -03-29)March 29, 1798
Frankfurt or Strasbourg
DiedNovember 7, 1866(1866-11-07) (aged 68)
Racine, Wisconsin
Political partyDemocratic

Biography

Isaac Ullman was born on March 29, 1798,[1][2] in either Frankfurt or Strasbourg, France.[3] He emigrated to the United States, likely in either 1817 or 1822,[4] settled in Watertown, New York,[5] and in 1827 became a United States citizen.[1]

Ullman ran a hotel called the Mansion House in Detroit in 1829.[6] He was an early settler of St. Joseph County, Michigan, and ran a hotel in the village of Sturgis for a period of time,[7] before selling his interest in the village to Andrew Backus in 1833.[8] In 1831, he was appointed quartermaster of the 3rd Brigade of the Michigan militia.[9] Ullman was a staunch Democrat,[8] was elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in the first election under the state's new constitution in 1835, and served one term.[10]

By 1837, Ullman was operating a general store in Constantine, Michigan.[11] In July 1836, during the era of wildcat banking in Michigan, the Bank of Constantine was chartered, with Ullman as a member of the board of directors.[12] He was its president pro tem in 1838,[13] but it closed its doors in 1841.[12]

Ullman later moved to Wisconsin.[1] He served as a school commissioner in Racine, Wisconsin, and was one of the founders of Racine College in 1852.[14][15]

Ullman died in Racine on November 7, 1866.[16]

Family

Ullman married Delia Maria Johnson. They had at least three children: Emilie Mack,[17] Henry Johnson, and Frederic, born in Racine.[18][5] Emilie married Wisconsin lawyer and politician Marshall Strong.[17] Frederic served in the Civil War and became an attorney in Chicago.[18]

The Ullmans built a house in Racine at 731 S. Main St in 1843,[19] and lived there until 1886.[20]

Notes
  1. Durant & Peirce 1878, p. 73.
  2. Sobottka 2017.
  3. Durant & Peirce 1878 says Ullman was born in Frankfurt. J. T. White 1946 says he was born in Strasbourg. Ullman himself (United States Census 1860) and his son Henry (Ullman 1861) give Strasbourg.
  4. Durant & Peirce 1878 gives 1822; J. T. White 1946 gives 1817.
  5. J. T. White 1946, p. clviii.
  6. Farmer 1884, p. 481.
  7. Sowers 1932, p. 46.
  8. L. H. Everts 1877, p. 74.
  9. Democratic Free Press 1831, p. 4.
  10. State of Michigan 1877, p. 550.
  11. Ullman 1837, p. 4.
  12. L. H. Everts 1877, p. 22.
  13. State of Michigan 1838, pp. 360–361.
  14. Rider 1994.
  15. Western Historical Company 1879, p. 402.
  16. Ullman's tombstone appears to read November 7, 1886 (Sobottka 2017); his obituary (Racine Advocate 1866) is from November 1866.
  17. Dwight 1874, p. 490.
  18. Raymond 1907, p. 159.
  19. Wisconsin Historical Society n.d.
  20. Stone 1916, p. 195.

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