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Tag Archives: President Ulysses Grant
The Scandals of President Grant
Fallout from association could be traced to Adam’s and Eve’s friendship with a snake. The Honest Ulysses Hiram Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) was a mild mannered fellow, soft spoken, honest, and perhaps a bit naive in some regard. He had a … Continue reading
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Grant, Greeley and the Strange Election of 1872
The Unlikely General Ulysses S. Grant was an unlikely general. West Point educated (class of ’43), he was a middling student, and other than his fine horsemanship, there was little that stood out. True, he served admirably in the War … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, American history, Background of Horace Greeley, Feather Schwartz Foster, General Grant, General U.S. Grant, General Ulysses Grant, General Ulysses S. Grant, history, Horace Greeley, NY Gov Horatio Seymour, NY Tribune Editor Greeley, President Ulysses Grant, President Ulysses S. Grant, Presidential history, The election of 1872, The last months of Horace Greeley, The politics of Horace Greeley, Thurlow Weed, Ulysses S. Grant, US Civil War, US Civil war history, US history
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President Grant and the Grant-Pops
Most historians concur that Ulysses S. Grant’s parents were a little eccentric. Grant and His Parents Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873), the father, was born in Pennsylvania and transplanted to Ohio, where he married and raised a family. He was self-educated … Continue reading
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Tagged American history, Civil War history, Col. Frederick Dent, Courtship of Ulysses and Julia Grant, Ellen Wrenshall Dent, Feather Schwartz Foster, First Lady Julia Dent, General Grant's parents, General Ulysses S. Grant, Hannah Simpson Grant, history, Jesse Root Grant, Jesse Root Grant II, Julia Dent Grant, Julia Dent's parents, President Ulysses Grant, Presidential history, Ulysses S. Grant, US history, White House history
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