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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [a] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War .
Pages in category "Grant family" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Ulysses S. Grant Jr. Ulysses S. Grant III;
The Ulysses S. Grant Cottage was the Summer White House of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant in Elberon, a part of Long Branch, New Jersey. Grant vacationed at the cottage starting in the summer of 1867, and thereafter spent three months of every summer there until 1885. He held cabinet meetings and composed parts of his memoirs at the cottage ...
On a new episode of Who Do You Think You Are?, Sunday night, actor Bradley Whitford, who is best known for his Emmy award-winning performance in the political drama The West Wing, was surprised to ...
Ulysses S. Grant's standing among the presidents has improved in recent years, with critically acclaimed biographies by Ron Chernow and others offering a new perspective on his time in the White ...
From Tannery to the White House: The Life of Ulysses S. Grant: His Boyhood, Youth, Manhood, Public and Private Life and Services. James H. Earle, Boston. Waugh, Joan (2009). U.S. Grant: American Hero, American Myth. The University of North Carolina Press. ISBN 978-0-8078-3317-9. White, Ronald C. (2016). American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S ...
As the clock winds down on Joe Biden’s presidency, it is a fitting time to reflect on his tenure. History reminds us that presidents — from Ulysses S. Grant to Harry Truman to Donald Trump ...
His father, George Frederick Shrady, Sr., was one of the physicians who attended Ulysses S. Grant during the former president's struggle with throat cancer. In 1894, Shrady graduated from Columbia University , where he was a member of the Varsity Show , and then spent one year at Columbia's law school. [ 2 ]