Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant's age at his fist inauguration was 46 years and 10 months, making him the fourth-youngest President in U.S. history (after Theodore Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton).

(Barack Obama is #5.)

Ulysses S. Grant served two terms as president , from 1869 until 1877.

The 18th President of the United States was Ulysses S. Grant from March 4, 1869 to March 4, 1877

Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th U.S. President on March 4, 1869. He served two terms and was succeeded by Rutherford B. Hayes on March 4, 1877.

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Grant's crowning success was his part in winning the Civil War. He was the supreme commanding union general at the close of war and was celebrated as the hero who ended the long war with a victory. Right before he ran for president, he served as interim Secretary of War for President Johnson.

Before the Civil War, he graduated from West Point and began an army career. He served with some distinction in the Mexican War but did not advance in the military after that and was pretty much forced out, so he quit the army and tried farming and other business ventures with no success, At age 40, he had lost his property and was out of work. His father gave a job as a clerk in his leather goods shop until the Civil War began he was able to get a commission in the state militia which led to an army appointment. He was steadily promoted and given more responsibility as the war went on.

Because of his high credibility, after liberating the Mississippi and then saving the Army of the Cumberland from starvation in Chattanooga.

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got his bachelor's at Princeton and later returned as a professor and president of the college.

The two positions are not really closely related. Grant was a great general because he saw the changes in warfare and correctly assessed his resources and advantages and took bold action to win the war.

As president he had had no experience in politics or the working of civilian government. Civil servants do not take orders in the same way as do military officers and politicians do not earn rewards in the same way as do army officers.

AS president , Grant was not prepared to look for and prevent corruption in his underlings. In short his skills as an officer did not carry over to make him a good president and he did not develop those skills after he took office.

He did have a few regrets...

1. One of then was that he didn't stop slavery.

2. He didn't want to be president because he wanted to stay at Mt. Vernon and relax with Martha Custis Dandridge Washington and his two step kids named Jacky and Patsy,

3. The most important one was that he didn't get Nova Scotia (now with Canada) into the United States' Constitution, which would have most likely ended all British rule in North America. In all technical terms, Nova Scotia (present day New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island) are part of the U.S. because there was a vote on it in the early 1800s and it passed 36/38 (Nova Scotia Senate) (~95% approval), and 18/19 (Canadian House of Commons) (~95% approval). But the Queen did not allow the secession.

Liberating Western Tennessee and then the whole Mississippi by capturing the last Confederate stronghold on the river.

Finding a way to get rations and supplies across the river to the starving Union army at Chattanooga.

Masterminding the Overland campaign, while directing Sherman to take on Joe Johnston, and Phil Sheridan to lay waste to the Shenandoah.

Getting elected President in 1868.

Throat cancer, possibly brought on by the stress of being ruined by so-called colleagues in a bank fraud. The last photo shows him writing his memoirs, which he did reluctantly, to provide for his family. He managed to complete them just days before his death. (Like Sherman's, they were better than expected from someone who did not look as though he would write a good book.)

Ulysses S. Grant was president for 8 years, from March 4,1869 until March 4,1877, two full 4-year terms. Grant was the 18th President of the United States.

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Ulysses S. Grant appointed John W. Noble as the collector of internal revenue for the district that includes St. Louis. Noble, a prominent local figure and supporter of Grant, played a key role in the administration of tax collection during the post-Civil War era. His appointment was part of Grant's efforts to strengthen the federal government's revenue collection capabilities.

Ulysses S. Grant was in the Republican party.

Former US president US Grant died of cancer at age 63. Born: April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio

Died: July 23, 1885, in Mount McGregor, New York. He was the Union's general in chief towards the end of the US Civil War.

Grant was born in Ohio and lived here with his parents until he went away to college to West Point , New York. After graduation from there he was in the army and went where they sent him. He met and married a woman who lived near St.Louis, Mo. After awhile he quit the army and lived with his wife on a farm near St,,Louis. He then moved to Galena , Illinois where he was living when the Civil War broke out and he rejoined the army.

The most important job Ulysses S Grant did before becoming the President was General-in- Chief of the union army during the Civil War. Except for a few years of farming and various business ventures, Grant was an army officer.

1.) Grant was able to capture Vicksburg by sending a cavalry brigade to destroy rail lines in central Mississippi and draw attention away from the port city. When the Confederate forces were distracted, Grant was able to land infantry south of Vicksburg. Eighteen days later, Union forces defeated several rebel units and sacked Jackson, their capital. Gaining confidence, Grant and his troops rushed to Vicksburg. When two frontal assaults on the city failed, Grant set up a steady barrage of artillery for several hours every day, and was able to cut the city off from supplies. Finally, after almost 2 months of siege, food supplies ran terribly low and the Confederate commander of Vicksburg asked Grant for terms of surrender. About 30,000 southern soldiers surrendered and the north captured over 50,000 weapons and many cannon.

Source: McDougal Littell, The Americans

Ulysses S. Grant was one of the great generals of all time. He was the winning general of the American Civil War, graciously taking the sword of General Robert E. Lee in surrender. Enormously popular after the war, Grant ran for and was elected president. Unfortunately, his popularity did not extend throughout his presidency.

Concentrated on just two campaigns - no more sideshows.

Hung on Lee's flank, even after several bad defeats, and eventually crowded him into a corner.

Abolished the system of prisoner-exchange, knowing that the Confederates were bound to run out of men first.

Yes. Grant has a large number of living descendants, some of whom are still named Grant.