Ulysses Hobbs

{{Short description|American politician (1832–1911)}}

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| name = Ulysses Hobbs

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| state_delegate = Maryland

| district = Frederick County

| term_start = 1858

| term_end = 1860

| alongside = Stephen R. Bowlus, Oliver P. Harding, John A. Koons, Jacob Root, John B. Thomas

| predecessor = Lawrence J. Brengle, James S. Carper, James L. Davis, Daniel Grove, Peter Hauver, William N. Wolfe

| successor = Thomas J. Claggett, John A. Johnson, Andrew Kessler, Daniel W. Naill, Jonathan Routzahn, William E. Salmon

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1911|8|14|1832|4|29}}

| death_place = Sabillasville, Maryland, U.S.

| resting_place = Mount Olivet Cemetery
Frederick, Maryland, U.S.

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Ulysses Hobbs (April 29, 1832 – August 14, 1911) was an American politician from Maryland. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1858 to 1860.

Early life

Ulysses Hobbs was born on April 29, 1832, to William Hobbs.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-col-hobbs-is-dead-15-aug-1911/142986606/ |title=Col. Hobbs is Dead |date=1911-08-15 |newspaper=The Daily News |page=6 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-03-08}}{{Open access}}

Career

Prior to the Civil War, Hobbs served as a lieutenant colonel in the Maryland militia. He was a captain of the Independent Riflemen. He was present at John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry.{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/historyoffrederi0001will/page/346/mode/2up |title=History of Frederick County, Maryland |volume=1 |last1=Williams |first1=T. J. C. Williams |last2=McKinsey |first2=Folger |page=346 |year=2003 |publisher=L. R. Titsworth & Co. |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-03-08}}

Hobbs worked as a lawyer in Howard and Frederick counties. He served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing Frederick County from 1858 to 1860.{{cite web |url=https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/speccol/sc2600/sc2685/house/html/frhouse.html |title=Historical List, House of Delegates, Frederick County (1790-1974) |website=Maryland Manual On-Line |publisher=Maryland State Archives |date=2010-01-04 |access-date=2024-03-08}} In 1890, he returned to Frederick to practice law.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/catoctin-clarion-professional-15-may-18/142987610/ |title=Professional |date=1890-05-15 |newspaper=Catoctin Clarion |page=3 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=2024-03-08}}{{Open access}} On August 1, 1893, he was appointed to the board of pension appeals.{{Cite news |url=https://archive.org/details/gettysburg-compiler-1893-07-18/page/n1/mode/2up |title=General Matters |date=1893-07-18 |newspaper=Gettysburg Compiler |via=Archive.org |access-date=2024-03-08}}{{Open access}}

Personal life

File:Grave of Ulysses Hobbs (1832–1911).jpg

Hobbs did not marry. Later in life, he lived with his brother-in-law Ignatius Dorsey in New Market.

Hobbs died on August 14, 1911, at the state sanatorium in Sabillasville. He was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery.

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