Ulysses S. Grant - President of the United States (POTUS)

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Ulysses Simpson Grant

18th President of the United States
(March 4, 1869 to March 3, 1877)

Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"

Born: April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio
Died: July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York

Father: Jesse Root Grant
Mother: Hannah Simpson Grant
Married: Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902), on August 22, 1848
Children: Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912); Ulysses Simpson Grant (1852-1929); Ellen Wrenshall Grant (1855-1922); Jesse Root Grant (1858-1934)

Religion: Methodist
Education: Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y. (1843)
Occupation: Soldier
Political Party: Republican
Other Government Positions:

None

Presidential Salary: $25,000/year (increased to $50,000/year in 1873)

**Presidential Election Results:**
Year		Popular Votes	Electoral Votes
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	3,013,421	214
	Horatio Seymour	2,706,829	80
	(Votes Not Cast)		23
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	3,596,745	286
	Horace Greeley	2,843,446
	Thomas A. Hendricks		42
	Benjamin Gratz Brown		18
	Charles J. Jenkins		2
	David Davis		1
	(Votes Not Cast)		17

Vice Presidents: Schuyler Colfax (1869-73); Henry Wilson (1873-75)

Cabinet:

Secretary of State: Elihu B. Washburne (1869); Hamilton Fish (1869-77)
Secretary of the Treasury: George S. Boutwell (1869-73); William A. Richardson (1873-74); Benjamin H. Bristow (1874-76); Lot M. Morrill (1876-77)
Secretary of War: John A. Rawlins (1869); William T. Sherman (1869); William W. Belknap (1869-76); Alphonso Taft (1876); James D. Cameron (1876-77)
Attorney General: Ebenezer R. Hoar (1869-70); Amos T. Akerman (1870-71); George H. Williams (1871-75); Edwards Pierrepont (1875-76); Alphonso Taft (1876-77)
Postmaster General: John A. J. Creswell (1869-74); James W. Marshall (1874); Marshall Jewell (1874-76); James N. Tyner (1876-77)
Secretary of the Navy: Adolph E. Borie (1869); George M. Robeson (1869-77)
Secretary of the Interior: Jacob D. Cox, Jr. (1869-70); Columbus Delano (1870-75); Zachariah Chandler (1875-77)

Notable Events:

Internet Biographies:

Ulysses S. Grant -- from The Presidents of the United States of America: Compiled by the White House.
Ulysses S. Grant -- from The American Presidency: Grolier Online has created this resource from its collection of print articles in Encyclopedia Americana. Contains a full biography, written by David Donald of Johns Hopkins University, along with suggestions for further reading.
Ulysses S. Grant -- from The American President: From the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, in addition to information on the Presidents themselves, they have first lady and cabinet member biographies, listings of presidential staff and advisers, and timelines detailing significant events in the lives of each administration.
News of Ulysses Grant's Death -- from Dead Presidents: The text from page 1 of The New York Times, July 24, 1885. Placed on the web by Manus Hand.
Ulysses S. Grant Chronology -- from the Ulysses S. Grant Association: A detailed chronology with historical explanations and autobiographical quotations. Originally published in 1963 by John Y. Simon.
Ulysses S. Grant Interpretive Outline -- from the Ulysses S. Grant Network Home Page: A comprehensive outline of the life of Grant written by Frank Scaturro of the Grant Monument Association.

Historical Documents:

First Inaugural Address (1869)
Second Inaugural Address (1873)
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume 1 (1885)
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume 2 (1885)
Grant, In His Own Words: Quotations from Grant on everything from military service to the presidency, from modesty to profanity.

Other Internet Resources:

Fort Donelson National Battlefield: Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Army in Tennessee to its first major victory of the Civil War at this site on February 16, 1862. Tourist information from the National Park Service.
General Grant National Memorial: Tourist information on Grant's tomb, located in New York, New York. Tourist information from the National Park Service.
The Ulysses S. Grant Information Center: Great information resource and research starting point for students and researchers alike, created by and maintained by Dr. Marie Kelsey, the Educational Media & Technology Program Director at The College of St. Scholastica, Duluth, Minnesota.
Grant Cottage at Mount McGregor, New York: The site where Grant wrote his autobiography and eventually passed away from throat cancer.
The Ulysses S. Grant Homepage: Here one can find factual articles on Grant and opinions from others about Grant. There is a lot of information here.
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site: Tourist information on the St. Louis County, Missouri site that was the pre-Civil War home of Grant and his wife. Grant's White Haven farm is now undergoing restoration. Tourist information from the National Park Service.

Points of Interest:

More facts about Grant can be found at Little Known Facts about Ulysses S. Grant by Diane Meives, co-founder of the U.S. Grant Network.

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