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While unarguably a great soldier and general, Ulysses S. Grant was not necessarily a great judge of character or intention. He was gullible to the rich, smooth political tricksters that populate the Washington, DC political landscape. He named friends who were either corrupt or incompetent to key positions. He created lax policies that allowed corruption and he was forced to face one embarrassing scandal after another. After his former personal assistant was implicated in being a member of a ring that defrauded the government of millions and the economy deteriorated after the panic of 1873, Grant no longer had the support he had once enjoyed as a war hero.

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his toleration of corruption and his loyalty to crooked friends

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