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Ulysses S. Grant

18th president of the United States
Also known as: Hiram Ulysses Grant
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John Y. Simon
Professor of History, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Executive Director, Ulysses S. Grant Association. Editor of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ulysses S. Grant (born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.—died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York) was a U.S. general, commander of the Union armies during the late years (1864–65) of the American Civil War, and the 18th president of the United States (1869–77). Grant was the son of Jesse Root Grant, a tanner, and Hannah Simpson, and he grew up in Georgetown, Ohio. Detesting the work around the family tannery, Ulysses instead...

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