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    Ulysses S. Grant

    Civil War general, U.S. president ( to )

    Several terms redirect here. For other uses, see General Grant (disambiguation), President Grant (disambiguation), and Ulysses S. Grant (disambiguation).

    Ulysses S. Grant

    Grant c.&#;–

    In office
    March 4, &#;– March 4,
    Vice President
    Preceded byAndrew Johnson
    Succeeded byRutherford B. Hayes
    In office
    March 9, &#;– March 4,
    President
    Preceded byHenry Halleck
    Succeeded byWilliam Tecumseh Sherman
    In office
    August 12, &#;– January 14,
    PresidentAndrew Johnson
    Preceded byEdwin Stanton
    Succeeded byEdwin Stanton
    In office
    –
    Preceded byE. L. Molineux
    Succeeded byPhilip Sheridan
    Born

    Hiram Ulysses Grant


    ()April 27,
    Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.
    DiedJuly 23, () (aged&#;63)
    Wilton, New York, U.S.
    Resting placeGrant's Tomb, New York City
    Political partyRepublican
    Spouse
    Children
    Parents
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    Ulysses S. Grant

    Ulysses S. Grant’s ancestors first came to America in , Englishman Mathew Grant landing in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

    Grant was always extremely proud of his forebears, but the most important individuals in his lineage were his mother and father.

    His father Jesse spent part of his early years living in the home of the father of the famous abolitionist, John Brown. His quiet mother Hannah Simpson Grant came from Pennsylvania parents who were die-hard Jacksonian Democrats. The two married in June of , and their first born, Hiram Ulysses Grant, was born on April 27, It was only later when the congressman who nominated him for West Point erroneously recorded him as Ulysses S. Grant that he was able to shed the embarrassment of his true initials: H.U.G.

    Grant’s father sent him to the United States Military Academy where he graduated 21st out of a class of 39, excelling in mathematics. The last year at West Point he roomed with Frederick Dent the son of a slave-hold

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    On April 27, , Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Grant’s father, Jesse, was a tanner and an abolitionist. Grant received an education from several private schools and later attended the United States Military Academy at West Point. After graduating in the middle of his class, Grant was stationed in Missouri where he visited with his former classmate and friend, Fred Dent. During the visit, Grant met Fred’s sister, Julia, and fell in love with her. In , they married and would go on to raise four children together.

    After the outbreak of the Mexican-American War, Grant fought under General Zachary Taylor before resigning from the military in Julia, Ulysses, and their children moved back to her father’s plantation, White Haven, in Missouri. Grant became a plantation manager, overseeing the enslaved and free laborers while working alongside them. While there are no known documents or letters related to a bill of sale, Grant did emancipate a man named William Jones in

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