Republican General Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th President of the United States after defeating Democrat Horatio Seymour in the election of 1868.
Electoral Vote
Grant (R): 214
Seymour (D): 80
Popular Vote
Grant (R): 3,013,650
Seymore (D): 2,708,744
Grant was the famous Civil War general who went on to become President.
General Grant became president.
He was a Civil War general.
A leather shop clerk, then a Civil War General
General Ulyses Grant was the Commanding General for the US Union troops during the Civil War. He also became the 18th President of the United States in 1869.
Ulysses S Grant, who went on to become President.
Ulysses S. Grant was a famous Northern general during the Civil War who went on to become President of the United States.
Ullyses S. Grant was the general of the Northern armies (Union) who went on to become president
No, but General Grant did (before he became President). 3 of them.
General US Grant was nicknamed "unconditional surrender" Grant
His name was Ulysses S. Grant.
Became General-in-Chief of the U.S. Army when Grant retired in order to become President.