Why did Ulysses S. Grant want to become President?

Answer 1

When Congress reinstated Edwin M. Stanton as Secretary of War, Grant handed over the keys to the War Department and continued his military command. This made him a hero to the Radical Republicans, who gave him the Republican nomination for president in 1868. He was chosen as the Republican presidential candidate at the 1868 Republican National Convention in Chicago; he faced no significant opposition. In his letter of acceptance to the party, Grant concluded with "Let us have peace," which became his campaign slogan.

Answer 2

I Think because he wanted aferican Americans to be treated just the same as every one else so the people respected that and they wanted him to become president for his fairness and nonselfishness.Thank you for listening.

- Jadi

Answer 3

The Republicans were in a strong position because the Democratic party split just before the Civil War and three of the Southern states were not allowed to vote.

Also many Southerners were not allowed to vote and the newly freed blacks tended to vote Republican. However, the Republicans had lost Lincoln and the incumbent Johnson was unpopular, so they needed a nominee with name recognition and Grant filled the bill as the winning general in the war and a great hero in the North.

Answer 4

He was an ex-regular officer who rejoined at the outbreak of the war, and was promoted by General John Fremont (The Pathfinder) for efficient work in the Western theatre.

Here he won two of the earliest battles in the West - Fort Henry and Fort Donelson - capturing many Confederates, and earning his nickname 'Unconditional Surrender'.

He then went on to win the Battle of Shiloh. Although his performance here was controversial, the outcome of the battle was decisive, and he led the attack on Vicksburg, the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi.

This earned him outstanding credibility, and he would presently be promoted General-in-Chief of all the Union armies.

Answer 5

Grant was elected in 1868, not long after the Civil War. He had become a national hero for his position of supreme commander of the Union forces that finally won the war and ended the fighting. He was nominated by the party of Lincoln without any real opposition. The southern states were not allowed to vote and the Democrat party which had split over slavery was pretty much in disarray.

Answer 6

Because the people didn't want a democratic president, so as a republican, Ulysses S. Grant was elected the 18th president of the US.

Answer 7

grant won the election of 1868 even though he had no political experience but he was a war hero and he was a people's person which gave him the boost he needed to win the election.

Answer 8

He ran for president and got the most votes.