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Ulysses S Grant won that year.
Ulysses S. Grant won the U.S. Presidential Elections of 1868 and 1872. He tried but failed to win the Republican Party Presidential Nomination in 1880.
The first U.S. President to have a female opponent was Ulysses S. Grant. Victoria Woodhull ran in the election of 1872, becoming the first woman to run for president.
Grant was in Tennessee in 1862. Bull Run is in Virginia.
Grant achieved fame by winning the Civil War as the its commanding general. He then served in Washington was the acting Secretary of War and people starting urging him to run for President. There were no other strong candidates, so Grant agreed to run and won easily for two terms.
US Grant had no political experience at all before becoming US President
Ulysses S. Grant
No, he was not. At the time of the Battle of Bull Run Grant was still a colonel of the 21st Illinois Infantry regiment doing duty in Missouri.
I do not think he spent any of his own money running for President. He was already famous and popular for winning the Civil War. He was nominated for President without any opposition. People were happy to pay for his campaign.
Yes, and some people wanted him to try for a third term.