Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

Ulysses S. Grant was born. U. S ... president are best remembered for financial scandals among members of his party and his administration. In 1877, after he left office, Grant traveled with ...

When Ulysses S. Grant left the White House in 1877, he certainly needed a vacation. His reputation had been severely damaged by corruption in his administration and his party. And the ...

After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with ...

announcing a campaign for the presidency against incumbent Ulysses S. Grant. The letter was signed by Victoria Woodhull. Woodhull, who had been born poor in an Ohio frontier settlement ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

If he does, the visit will come 140 years after Ulysses S Grant was the first American president ... many detractors within his own Republican Party. The two men also share close connections ...

The Mark Twain House & Museum is hosting a reading of a play about the friendship between Twain and President Ulysses S. Grant ... with a historic house party “Grant & Twain” had its world ...

Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s. A large portion of the original 850-acre estate was sold off to the Busch family and now operates as Grant ...

An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years Eli Wizevich The Union general directly ...