Education
He studied law, and was admitted to the bar of his native city in 1813.
He studied law, and was admitted to the bar of his native city in 1813.
He became corporation attorney, and later corporation counsel, occupying the latter office for four years. At the expiration of his term Ulshoeffer did not resume practice, but was frequently selected as an arbitrator and referee.
In 1834 Ulshoeffer was appointed judge of the court of common pleas, reappointed in 1843, and was elected a member of that bench in 1846 under the new constitution.