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Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [a] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th president of the United States, serving from 1869 to 1877. In 1865, as commanding general , Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War .
The family of former President Ulysses S. Grant. Subcategories. This category has only the following subcategory. G. Ulysses S. Grant (6 C, 40 P, 2 F)
Grant was of English and Ulster Scots ancestry; his immigrant ancestor Mathew Grant arrived with Puritans from England in the 1630s. [1] Grant's paternal great grandmother Suzanna Delano, of French origin, was the granddaughter of Jonathan Delano (1647–1720), 7th child of Philippe de La Noye (1602–1681).
Jesse Root Grant (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods shops in several different states throughout his adult life.
Grant's step-grandmother Sarah Simpson, an educated woman who read French classical literature, also favored the name Ulysses. [9] Finally, at a family gathering, the name Ulysses, was drawn from ballots placed in a hat. Jesse, wanting to honor his wife's father, declared the name for his son would thus be Hiram Ulysses, though he would always ...
Nellie Grant lived in a log cabin, built by her father Ulysses S. Grant the first two years of her life.. Nellie Grant was born on July 4, 1855, in Wistonwisch, Missouri, near St. Louis, on the estate slave plantation of Col. Frederick Dent, known as White Haven. [1]
Frederick Dent Grant (May 30, 1850 – April 12, 1912) [1] was a soldier and United States minister to Austria-Hungary. Grant was the first son of General and President of the United States Ulysses S. Grant and Julia Grant. He was named after his uncle, Frederick Tracy Dent.
Ulysses S. "Buck" Grant Jr. (July 22, 1852 – September 25, 1929) was an American attorney and entrepreneur. He was the second son of U.S. president Ulysses S. Grant . Early life and education