Term: 18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
Vice President: Schuyler Colfax (1869 - 1873) • Henry Wilson (1873 - 1875)
Born: April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio
Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"
Education: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (graduated 1843)
Religion: Methodist
Marriage: August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902)
Children: Frederick Dent (1850-1912), Ulysses Simpson (1852-1929), Ellen Wrenshall (1855-1922), Jesse Root (1858-1934)
Career: Soldier
Political Party: Republican
Writings:Personal Memoirs (2 vols., 1885-86); Papers (28 vols., 1967- ), ed. by John Y. Simon
Died: July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York
Buried: Grant’s Tomb, New York, New York
Ulysses Grant Trivia:
Graduated U.S. Military Academy West Point, New York. Witness to some of the bloodiest battles in history, Grant could not stomach the sight of animal blood. Rare steak nauseated him. While president, he was arrested for driving his horse too fast and was fined $ 20. Grant said he knew only two songs. "One was Yankee Doodle and the other wasn't." He smoked 20 cigars ad, which probably caused the throat cancer that resulted in his death.
