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The presidency of Ulysses S. Grant began on March 4, 1869, when Ulysses S. Grant was inaugurated as the 18th President of the United States, and ended on March 4, 1877.The Reconstruction era took place during Grant's two terms of office.
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 .
John Tyler was the first vice president to assume the presidency during a presidential term, ... Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) [46] March 4, 1869 ...
Ulysses S. Grant, the incumbent president in 1876, whose second term expired on March 4, 1877. It was widely assumed during the year 1875 that incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant would run for a third term as president despite the poor economic conditions, the numerous political scandals that had developed since he assumed office in 1869, and despite a longstanding tradition set by George ...
By 1868, the Republicans felt strong enough to drop the Union Party label, but wanted to nominate a popular hero for their presidential candidate. General Ulysses S. Grant announced he was a Republican and was unanimously nominated on the first ballot as the party's standard-bearer at the Republican convention in Chicago, held on May 20–21, 1868.
"Grant Us Another Term" – Ulysses S. Grant [7] "Turn the Rascals Out" – 1872 Horace Greeley slogan against Grantism . "Universal amnesty, impartial suffrage" – Greeley slogan showing support for reconciling with former members of the Confederacy .
Grant was the last incumbent to win a second consecutive term until William McKinley's victory in the 1900 presidential election, [c] and his popular vote margin of 11.8% was the largest margin between 1856 and 1904.
The length of a full four-year presidential term of office usually amounts to 1,461 days (three common years of 365 days plus one leap year of 366 days). If the last day is included, all numbers would be one day more, except Grover Cleveland would have two more days, as he served two non-consecutive terms.