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'''Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce''' (1865-19431865–1943) was a [[Unitarianism|Unitarian minister]] minister who served as [[Chaplain of the United States Senate]] (1909-19131909–1913).
 
==Early years==
Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] on July 17, 1865. He received degrees from [[Hillsdale College]] and [[Harvard Divinity School]] (1890-18911890–1891). He was ordained in July 1891 at [[Decorah, Iowa]]. <ref>General Catalogue, by Newton Theological Institution, p. 201 </ref>▼
 
▲Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce was born in [[Providence, Rhode Island]] on July 17, 1865. He received degrees from [[Hillsdale College]] and [[Harvard Divinity School]] (1890-1891). He was ordained in July 1891 at [[Decorah, Iowa]]. <ref>General Catalogue, by Newton Theological Institution, p. 201 </ref>
 
==Ministry==
Following his ordination, he served congregations in Decorah, Iowa (1891-18921891–1892), [[Pomona, California]] (1893-18971893–1897), and [[Ithaca, New York]] (1898-19011898–1901). <ref> Pierce, Ulysses G. B. Papers, 1903-1950</ref><refbr>- General catalogue of the Divinity School of Harvard University, by Harvard Divinity School, p. 115</ref>▼
 
From 1901 to 1943, Pierce was the pastor of [[All Souls Church, Unitarian (Washington, D.C.)|All Souls Unitarian Church]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] He held the position of Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1909 to 1913, under President [[William Howard Taft]].<ref name="All Souls Unitarian website">All Souls Unitarian website</ref>
▲Following his ordination he served congregations in Decorah, Iowa (1891-1892), [[Pomona, California]] (1893-1897), and [[Ithaca, New York]] (1898-1901). <ref> Pierce, Ulysses G. B. Papers, 1903-1950</ref><ref> General catalogue of the Divinity School of Harvard University, by Harvard Divinity School, p. 115</ref>
 
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Dr. Pierce died October 10, 1943 at the age of 78. His ashes were entombed in a niche in the southwest corner of the Court of the Founders, All Soul’s Unitarian Church, Washington, D.C. <ref>All Souls Unitarian website</ref>
 
==Personal life==
On July 27, 1891, at [[Allegan, Michigan]], Pierce married Helen Florence Lonsbury, daughter of George and Sarah Lonsbury. <ref>''The Journal of the Senate'', Issue 31, by California. Legislature.</ref>▼
 
== References ==▼
▲On July 27, 1891 at [[Allegan, Michigan]], Pierce married Helen Florence Lonsbury, daughter of George and Sarah Lonsbury. <ref>The Journal of the Senate, Issue 31, by California. Legislature.</ref>
 
▲== References ==
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==External links==
* The [http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:DIV.LIB:div00646 papers] of Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce are in the Harvard Divinity School Library at [[Harvard Divinity School]] in [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]].
 
 
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