Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce

Ulysses Grant Baker Pierce (1865–1943) was a Unitarian minister who served as Chaplain of the United States Senate (1909–1913).

He received degrees from Hillsdale College and Harvard Divinity School (1890–1891).

[1] Following his ordination, he served congregations in Decorah, Iowa (1891–1892), Pomona, California (1893–1897), and Ithaca, New York (1898–1901).

He held the position of Chaplain of the United States Senate from 1909 to 1913, under President William Howard Taft.

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.[3] On July 27, 1891, at Allegan, Michigan, Pierce married Helen Florence Lonsbury, daughter of George and Sarah Lonsbury.