American President: Ulysses Simpson Grant (original) (raw)

Ulysses S. Grant

At a Glance

Term: 18th President of the United States (1869-1877)

Born: April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio

Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"

Education: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (graduated 1843)

Religion: Methodist

Marriage: August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902)

Children: Frederick Dent (1850-1912), Ulysses Simpson (1852-1929), Ellen Wrenshall (1855-1922), Jesse Root (1858-1934)

Career: Soldier

Political Party: Republican

Writings: Personal Memoirs (2 vols., 1885-86); Papers (28 vols., 1967- ), ed. by John Y. Simon

Died: July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York

Buried: Grant’s Tomb, New York, New York

A Life in Brief: Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the Union general who led the North to victory over the Confederate South during the American Civil War. As a President, however, he has long been dismissed as weak and ineffective. More....