Michael Ulshoeffer (March 30, 1793 – September 6, 1881) was a New York City lawyer, politician and judge.
He was the son of Margareth Miller and George Ulshoeffer (1748–1836), a Hessian who was born in Creglingen, Germany, and who was forced into the British service and sent to America in 1777.
[3] 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.
[3] In 1862, 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.
[4] In 1823, Ulshoeffer was married to Mary Ann Gracie (1805–1876), daughter of the late William R. Gracie, Esq., who owned a large area of Brooklyn Heights and occupied one of the most imposing mansions on Washington Street when it was Brooklyn's most fashionable address.