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| Name |
Hiram Ulysses Grant |
| Prefix |
President |
| Birth |
27 Apr 1822 |
Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, United States  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
23 Jul 1885 |
Wilton, Saratoga, New York, United States |
| Initiatory (LDS) |
7 Dec 1923 |
ALBER |
| FamilySearch ID |
LZKL-91F |
| Burial |
General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
| Person ID |
I91280 |
mytree |
| Last Modified |
25 Feb 2024 |
| Father |
Jesse Root Grant, b. 23 Jan 1794, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, United States d. 28 Jun 1873, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, United States (Age 79 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah Simpson, b. 23 Nov 1798, Horsham, Montgomery, Pennsylvania, United States d. 11 May 1883, Jersey City, Hudson, New Jersey, United States (Age 84 years) |
| Marriage |
24 Jun 1821 |
Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, United States |
| Family ID |
F30138 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Julia Boggs Dent, b. 26 Jan 1826, White Haven, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 14 Dec 1902, Washington, District of Columbia, United States (Age 76 years) |
| Marriage |
22 Aug 1848 |
St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
| Children |
| | 1. Frederick Dent Grant, b. 30 May 1850, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 12 Apr 1912, Governors Island, New York, New York, United States (Age 61 years) |
| | 2. Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr, b. 22 Jul 1852, Bethel, Clermont, Ohio, United States d. 26 Sep 1929, San Diego, San Diego, California, United States (Age 77 years) |
| | 3. Ellen Wrenshall "Nellie" Grant, b. 4 Jul 1855, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 30 Aug 1922, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States (Age 67 years) |
| | 4. Jersse Root Grant, b. 6 Feb 1858, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States d. 8 Jun 1934, Los Altos, Santa Clara, California, United States (Age 76 years) |
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| Family ID |
F30140 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
3 Sep 2024 |
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| Event Map |
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 | Birth - 27 Apr 1822 - Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, United States |
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 | Marriage - 22 Aug 1848 - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
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 | Death - 23 Jul 1885 - Wilton, Saratoga, New York, United States |
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 | Initiatory (LDS) - 7 Dec 1923 - ALBER |
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 | Burial - - General Grant National Memorial, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States |
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| Notes |
- 18th President of the United States.
He was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18 t h president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As president, Gran t w as an effective civil rights executive who created the Justice Depart men t and worked with the Radical Republicans to protect African American s du ring Reconstruction. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army t o vict ory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly serve d as Se cretary of War.
Raised in Ohio, Grant possessed an exceptional ability with horses. Admi t ted to West Point, Grant graduated 21st in the class of 1843 and serve d w ith distinction in the Mexican–American War. In 1848, he married Juli a De nt, and together they had four children. Grant resigned from the arm y i n 1854 and returned to his family but lived in poverty. He joined th e Uni on Army after the American Civil War broke out in 1861 and rose t o promin ence after winning several early Union victories on the Wester n Theater . In 1863 he led the Vicksburg campaign, which gained control o f the Miss issippi River. President Abraham Lincoln promoted him to lieut enant gener al after his victory at Chattanooga. For thirteen months, Gra nt fought Ro bert E. Lee during the high-casualty Overland Campaign and a t Petersburg . After Lee fled Petersburg, Grant defeated him at Appomatto x. On April 9 , 1865, Lee formally surrendered to Grant. A week later, Li ncoln was assa ssinated and was succeeded by President Andrew Johnson, wh o promoted Gran t to General of the Army in 1866. Later Grant openly brok e with Johnson o ver Reconstruction policies; Grant used the Reconstructi on Acts, which ha d been passed over Johnson's veto, to enforce civil rig hts for recently f reed African Americans.
A war hero, drawn in by his sense of duty, Grant was unanimously nominat e d by the Republican Party and was elected president in 1868. As preside nt , Grant stabilized the post-war national economy, supported Congressio na l Reconstruction, ratification of the 15th Amendment, and crushed th e K u Klux Klan. Under Grant, the Union was completely restored. He appoi nte d African Americans and Jewish Americans to prominent federal offices . I n 1871, Grant created the first Civil Service Commission, advancing c ivi l service more than any prior president. The Liberal Republicans an d Demo crats united behind Grant's opponent in the presidential electio n of 1872 , but Grant was handily re-elected. Grant's Native American pol icy was t o assimilate Indians into the White culture; the Great Sioux Wa r was foug ht during his term. Grant's foreign policy was mostly peaceful , without w ar, the Alabama Claims against Great Britain skillfully resol ved, but hi s prized Caribbean Dominican Republic annexation was rejecte d by the Sena te.
The Grant administration is traditionally known for prevalent scandals i n cluding the Gold Ring and the Whiskey Ring. However, modern scholarshi p h as better appreciated Grant's appointed reformers and prosecutions. G ran t appointed John Brooks Henderson and David Dyer, who prosecuted th e Whis key Ring. Grant appointed Benjamin Bristow and Edwards Pierrepont , who se rved as Grant's anti-corruption team. Grant appointed Zacharia h Chandler , who cleaned up corruption in the Interior. Grant's administr ation prose cuted Mormon polygamists (1871), pornographers, and abortioni sts (1873–18 77). The Panic of 1873 plunged the nation into a severe econ omic depressi on that allowed the Democrats to win the House majority. I n the intensel y disputed presidential election of 1876, Grant facilitate d the approva l by Congress of a peaceful compromise.
In his retirement, Grant was the first president to circumnavigate the w o rld on his tour, dining with Queen Victoria and meeting many prominen t fo reign leaders. In 1880, Grant was unsuccessful in obtaining the Repu blica n presidential nomination for a third term. In the final year of hi s life , facing severe financial reversals and dying of throat cancer, h e wrot e his memoirs, which proved to be a major critical and financial s uccess . At the time of his death, he was memorialized as a symbol of nat ional u nity. Grant was a modern general and "a skillful leader who ha d a natura l grasp of tactics and strategy". Historical assessments of hi s presidenc y have ranked him low, 38th in 1994 and 1996, but Grant has m oved up in r ecent years, to 21st in 2018 and 20th in 2021. Although crit ical of scand als, modern historians have emphasized his two-term preside ntial accompli shments. These included the prosecution of the Klan, treat ment of black s as both human and American, an innovative Native America n policy, and t he peaceful settlements of the Alabama Claims and controv ersial 1876 pres idential election.
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