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… Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th US president (1869-1877), including …
Scholarly essays, speeches, photos, and other resources on Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th US president (1869-1877), including information about the Civil War, Reconstruction, and writing his memoirs
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… book about “one of our most enigmatic historic giants,” Ulysses S. Grant. While rubbing “some tarnish off the idol,” Bunting …
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… … Bryan Craig … The first year of a new president’s first term is always a crucible. But often it’s only in … and experts recommend the ones most worth reading. Ulysses S. Grant has found a renaissance of sorts. For a long time in …
Our First Year team of experts offers essential readings on the 18th president
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… In his first speech as president, Ulysses S. Grant sought to remain above politics … In this ongoing …
In his first speech as president, Ulysses S. Grant sought to remain above politics
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… Joan Waugh … Ulysses S. Grant left the White House in 1877, admitting in a …
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… Ulysses Simpson Grant was born in 1822 in Point Pleasant, … of the Civil War, Grant abandoned work in his father’s Illinois leather store to command a volunteer regiment. By …
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… Joan Waugh … Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the Union general who led …
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… Joan Waugh … When Ulysses S. Grant came into office, he sought to remain above …
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… Joan Waugh … By any measure, the marriage of Ulysses and Julia was a successful one. The two met through her brother, Frederick Dent, who was Grant's roommate at West Point. Letters between them throughout …
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… series examining how George Washington , Zachary Taylor , Ulysses S. Grant, and Dwight Eisenhower, all career generals, won the …
The “General” Election is a four-part blog series examining how career generals won the presidency and governed
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… Joan Waugh … After the Civil War, much of America's attention turned inwards as the country concentrated on rebuilding. Nevertheless, Grant's appointment of Hamilton Fish as secretary of state … one of greatest accomplishments of Grant's presidency. … … Ulysses S. Grant: Foreign Affairs …
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… Campaign and Election of 1868: President Abraham Lincoln's assassination at the end of the Civil War was a tragedy … all Democrats. At the beginning of the Reconstruction era, Grant, as general of the armies, attempted to work with … Republican majority into both house of Congress. … … Ulysses S. Grant: Campaigns and Elections …
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… Joan Waugh … In 1875, Grant wrote a public letter formally renouncing any interest … Rutherford B. Hayes, who became the nineteenth U.S. President. During the resolution of the disputed election, … surviving and even flourishing in many areas. Afterwards, Ulysses and Julia took a two-year journey around the world, …
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… Joan Waugh … Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. He … was renowned in the area for managing unruly horses. Grant's father supported his son's ambitious nature to go beyond …
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… from boarding school at age 18, she met her older brother's West Point roommate, Ulysses S. Grant. They married in 1848, and ever after Julia ensured …
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… anniversary of the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's forces to General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox. Grant became one of the nation's biggest …
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… of War Edwin M. Stanton (1865–1868) Secretary of War Ulysses S. Grant (1867–1868) … … Andrew Johnson - Administration …
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… style go back much further, according to Stephen Rockwell’s new book, The Presidency and the American State: Leadership and Decision Making in the Adams, Grant, and Taft Administrations , published by the Miller … How did the presidencies of John Quincy Adams, Ulysses S. Grant, and William Howard Taft touch the lives of …