Nancy Ruth Mace became the 1st female graduate of the Citadel in 1999. The South Carolina military school had previously been all-male.
The first black West Point cadet was former slave James Webster Smith, who entered the academy in 1870 but did not graduate. Henry O. Flipper was the first black cadet to graduate from West Point, in 1877.
A current West Point graduate becomes a 2nd lieutenant with a salary of $69,000 per year.
He graduated in 1846
Ulysses S. Grant entered West Point in 1839 and graduated in 1843.
Yes he was a graduate of West Point University and became superintendent of west Point.
Yes, to some. Henry Flipper was the first African-American to graduate from West Point.
The first Buffalo soldier was Henry Flipper. He was the first African American to graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point.
This West Point graduate became a General in the US Army. Part of his popularity as a Presidential candidate derived from his military career. Ulysses S. Grant was the first West Point graduate to become President.
Union General James Birdseye McPherson graduated from the West Point in 1853. He was ranked first in his class of 52 graduates.
Grant graduated from West Point Academy and placed twenty-first in a class of thirty-nine.
Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith was a graduate of West Point's class of 1845. He ranked 26th in his class.
George Washington. West Point had not been created.Note to earlier poster- Grant did graduate from West Point.