10 Facts About Michael Ulshoeffer

Michael Ulshoeffer was a New York City lawyer, politician and judge.

Michael Ulshoeffer was the son of Margareth Miller and George Ulshoeffer, a Hessian who was born in Creglingen, Germany, and who was forced into the British service and sent to America in 1777.

Michael Ulshoeffer first sat in the 41st New York State Legislature and was reelected every year serving until December 31,1822.

Michael Ulshoeffer became corporation attorney, and later corporation counsel, occupying the latter office for four years.

In 1834, Ulshoeffer was appointed judge of the court of common pleas by William L Marcy, the Governor of New York, reappointed in 1843, and was elected a member of that bench in 1846 under the new constitution.

At the expiration of his term Michael Ulshoeffer did not resume practice, but was frequently selected as an arbitrator and referee.

In 1862, Michael Ulshoeffer was appointed as one of the Commissioners of Estimate for the extension of Central Park in the vicinity of 106th and 110th Streets and Fifth and Eighth Avenues.

In 1823, Ulshoeffer was married to Mary Ann Gracie, daughter of the late William R Gracie, Esq.

Michael Ulshoeffer died in New York City on September 6,1881, at the age of eighty-eight.

Michael Ulshoeffer was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx.