Ulysses Simpson Grant b. 27 Apr 1822 Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, USA d. 23 Jul 1885 Saratoga, New York, USA

1822 - 1885 (63 years)

Name	Ulysses Simpson Grant [1]
Birth	1822	Ohio, USA [2]
Birth	1822	Ohio, USA [3]
Birth	1822	Ohio, USA [4]
Born	27 Apr 1822	Point Pleasant, Clermont, Ohio, USA [1, 5, 6]
Gender	Male
Birth	1823	Ohio, USA [7]
Name	Hiram Grant [3]
Name	Hiram Ulysses Grant
Name	Hugh S Grant [2]
Name	U S Grant [4]
Name	Ulysses Grant [6]
Name	Ulysses S. Grant [7]
Reference Number	2287
Residence	Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA [6]
Residence	1850	St Louis, St Louis, Missouri, USA [2]
Residence	1860	Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA [3]
_MILT	15 Jun 1861	Illinois, USA [6]
Residence	1870	Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA [4]
Residence	1880	Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA [7]
Died	23 Jul 1885	Saratoga, New York, USA [1, 6]
Buried	Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA [1]
Person ID	I2287	FelsingFam
Last Modified	16 Feb 2024

Father	Jesee Root Grant, b. 23 Jan 1794, Greensburg, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania, USA , d. 29 Jun 1873, Covington, Kenton, Kentucky, USA (Age 79 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Hannah Simpson, b. 1798, d. 1883 (Age 85 years)
Relationship	natural
Married	24 Jun 1821	Point Pleasant, Ohio, USA [8]
Family ID	F1391	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family	Julia Boggs Dent, b. 26 Jan 1826, Missouri, USA , d. 14 Dec 1902, Washington City, District Of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA (Age 76 years)
Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
Family ID	F544	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Event Map

	Birth - 1822 - Ohio, USA
	Birth - 1822 - Ohio, USA
	Birth - 1822 - Ohio, USA
	Birth - 1823 - Ohio, USA
	Residence - - Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA
	Residence - 1860 - Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio, USA
	_MILT - 15 Jun 1861 - Illinois, USA
	Residence - 1880 - Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA
	Died - 23 Jul 1885 - Saratoga, New York, USA
	Buried - - Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA

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Photos » Slide Show		1880 United States Federal Census Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois; Roll: 216; Family History Film: 1254216; Page: 234D; Enumeration District: 052; Image: 0654.
		1850 United States Federal Census Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: St Louis Ward 4, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M432_417; Page: 131B; Image: .
		1870 United States Federal Census Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington Ward 1, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
		1860 United States Federal Census Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio; Roll: ; Page: 52; Image: 110.
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Notes

the text in this section is copied from an article in Wikipedia:

Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 - July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877) and military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction. Under Grant, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and effectively ended the war with the surrender of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox. Grant, born in Ohio of English and Scottish ancestry, shunned his father's trade, but had exhibited equestrian ability as a youth. With his father's guidance, he began a lifelong military career after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1843. He fought in the Mexican-American War, resigned from the Army in 1854, and then struggled in business, while nurturing his growing family in St. Louis and Galena, Illinois.

When the American Civil War began in 1861, Grant trained Union volunteer regiments as a colonel, and engaged the Confederates near Cairo, Illinois. In 1862, he fought a series of battles and was promoted to major general. He then led fierce combat at the Battle of Shiloh, earned a reputation as an aggressive commander, and eventually seized control of most of Kentucky and Tennessee. In July 1863, after a long, complex campaign, Grant defeated five uncoordinated Confederate armies (capturing one of them) and seized Vicksburg. This famous victory gave the Union full control of the Mississippi River, split off the western Confederacy, and opened the way for more Union triumphs. After another win at the Battle of Chattanooga in late 1863, President Abraham Lincoln made him lieutenant general and commander of all of the Union Armies. As Commanding General of the United States Army from 1864 to 1865, Grant confronted Robert E. Lee in a series of very high casualty battles known as the Overland Campaign that ended in a stalemate siege at Petersburg. During the siege, Grant coordinated a series of devastating campaigns launched by William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Sheridan, and George Thomas. Finally breaking through Lee's trenches at Petersburg, the Union Army captured Richmond, the Confederate capital, in April 1865. Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox; the Civil War soon ended and the Confederacy collapsed. Although Lee's allies denounced Grant in the 1870s as a ruthless butcher who won by brute force, most historians have hailed his military genius.

During Reconstruction, General Grant implemented Congressional plans to reoccupy the South and hold elections in 1867, including black voters, which gave Republicans control of the Southern states. Enormously popular in the North after the Union victory, Grant was elected to the presidency in 1868. Reelected in 1872, he became the first president to serve two full terms since Andrew Jackson. As president, he effected Reconstruction by signing and enforcing civil rights laws and fighting Ku Klux Klan violence. He helped rebuild the Republican Party in the South, an effort that resulted in the election of African Americans to Congress and state governments for the first time. Grant's foreign policy, led by Sec. Hamilton Fish, implemented International Arbitration, settled the Alabama Claims with Britain and kept the United States out of war with Spain over the Virginius Incident.

Nevertheless, Grant's presidency was marred by economic disaster and multiple scandals in his administration. Political infighting between Sen. Charles Sumner and Grant, over Grant's attempted annexation of the Dominican Republic and patronage, initiated a Republican party split in 1872. His response to the Panic of 1873 and the severe depression that followed was heavily criticized. His inferior Cabinet and federal appointments and lack of accountability generated corruption in seven government departments. In 1876, his reputation was severely damaged by the graft trials of the Whiskey Ring. His image as a war hero was tarnished by the scandals during his presidency and he left office with diminished popularity. After leaving office, Grant embarked on a two-year world tour that included many enthusiastic royal receptions. In 1880, he made an unsuccessful bid for a third presidential term. In 1884, insolvent and dying of cancer, he wrote his memoirs. Historians until recently have given Grant's presidency the worst rankings; his reputation, however, has significantly improved because of greater appreciation for his enforcement of African American voting and citizenship rights during Reconstruction.

Married Julia Boggs Dent and had four children: Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. Grant, Jr. (Buck), Ellen Wrenshall Grant (Nellie), and Jesse Root Grant.

References
1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ulysses S. Grant, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. (Online: Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.).
2. Hiram Ulysses Simpson Grant, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
3. Ulysses Simpson Grant, in Find A Grave.

Sources

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Record for Ulysses Simpson Grant
[S17] 1850 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: St Louis Ward 4, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M432_417; Page: 131B; Image: .
Record for Hugh S Grant

1850 United States Federal Census
Database online. Year: 1850; Census Place: St Louis Ward 4, St Louis (Independent City), Missouri; Roll: M432_417; Page: 131B; Image: .
[S6] 1860 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio; Roll: ; Page: 52; Image: 110.
Record for Hiram Grant

1860 United States Federal Census
Database online. Year: 1860; Census Place: Lancaster, Fairfield, Ohio; Roll: ; Page: 52; Image: 110.
[S4] 1870 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington Ward 1, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
Record for U S Grant

1870 United States Federal Census
Database online. Year: 1870; Census Place: Washington Ward 1, Washington, District of Columbia; Roll: M593_; Page: ; Image: .
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Record for Ulysses Grant

[S7] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois; Roll: 216; Family History Film: 1254216; Page: 234D; Enumeration District: 052; Image: 0654.
Record for Ulysses S. Grant

1880 United States Federal Census
Database online. Year: 1880; Census Place: Galena, Jo Daviess, Illinois; Roll: 216; Family History Film: 1254216; Page: 234D; Enumeration District: 052; Image: 0654.

[S295] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Edmund West, comp., (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2000;), Database online. Birth year: 1794; Birth city: Greensburg; Birth state: PA.
Record for Jesse Root Grant