President Ulysses S. Grant

     President Ulysses S. Grant was born on 27 April 1822 in Point Pleasant, Clermont County, Ohio.¹ He was the son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson.¹ President Ulysses S. Grant married Julia Boggs Dent on 22 August 1848 in St Louis, Missouri.¹ President Ulysses S. Grant died on 23 July 1885 in Mount McGregor, New York, at age 63.¹ He was buried in Grant's Tomb, Riverside Park, New York.¹
     President Ulysses S. Grant was also known as (Hiram) Ulysses Simpson Grant.¹ Was elected in 1868 over Horatio Seymour by a popular vote of 3,013,421 to 2,706,829 and an electoral vote of 214 to 80. Won reelection in 1872 by votes of 3,596,745 to 2,843,446 and 286 to 0 over Horace Greeley. Became known in 1862 as 'Unconditional Surrender Grant'. In 1864, Lt. General Grant was given command of the northern army; accepted General Lee's surrender at Appomattox.¹ He became President of the United States on 4 March 1869 replacing President Andrew Johnson. President Ulysses S. Grant was over Vice President Schuyler Colfax as Vice President of the United States on 4 March 1869. President Ulysses S. Grant was over Vice President Henry Wilson as Vice President of the United States on 4 March 1873. President Ulysses S. Grant was replaced as President of the United States by President Rutherford Birchard Hayes on 4 March 1877.