The Presidents of the USA

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Ulysses S. Grant

1869-1877

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Ulysses Simpson Grant

birthplace

Point Pleasant, OH

birthday

April 27

Life

1822-1885

age

OFC:46 , d. 63

party

Republican

presidency highlights

Scandals and Depression — Enforcement and Civil Rights Acts

nickname:

Unconditional Surrender

vice-president:

Schuyler Colfax (1869-73), Henry Wilson (1873-75), none

previous office

Commanding General of Army

key background fact:

Commanding General of the Union army during the Civil War

occupation

Soldier (General of the Army)

military service

General of the Army

children

4: 3 boys 1 girl

wife:

Julia Dent (1848)

height

5' 8'' / 1.73 m

higher education

U.S. Military Academy

religion

Methodist

quote

"The laws of successful war in one generation would insure defeat in another."

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actions & events

1871 Civil Service
1870-71 Enforcement Acts broke Ku Klux Klan
1875 Civil Rights Act
Scandals: Credit Mobilier, Tweed Ring, Whiskey Ring

economy

1873 Depression & financial crisis
Resumption Act ; redeem government loans in hard currency

foreign affairs

military activity

1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. Gen. Custer + 268 were killed

unique facts

interesting

His name was Hiram Ulysses. An error in W. Point changed it to Ulysses Simpson.
The book of his Memoirs is considered one of the best military narratives ever.

military activity

1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn. Gen. Custer + 268 were killed

Legacy

An excellent general but a mediocre politician. He won the Civil War, but his Presidency was rather a failure with scandals and economic depression. History has been rather unfair to him.

Appomattox