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A Short Biography of Ulysses S. Grant

Author Name:

Ulysses S. Grant

Born As:

Hiram Ulysses Grant

Other Names:

Born:

27 Apr 1822

Died:

23 Jul 1885




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18th President of the United States of America - Republican 1869 - 1877 politician and soldier                          
                          
Mother Hannah Simpson Grant 
Father Jesse Root Grant - eldest of the six children.
Wife Julia Dent, children Jesse Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr., Nellie Grant, Frederick Grant.                          
18th President of US, 1869-1877 - Civil war General                          
Historians have ranked his Administration poorly due to tolerance of corruption. His presidential reputation has improved among scholars impressed by the Administration's support for civil rights for freed slaves.