Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States
Term[]
- March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877 (8 years, as 18th President of the United States)
- Preceded by Andrew Johnson
- Succeeded by Rutherford B. Hayes
- March 9, 1864 - March 4, 1869 (4 years, as Commanding General of the United States Army)
- Preceded by Henry W. Halleck
- Suceeded by William Tecumseh Sherman
Life Data[]
- Ulysses Simpson Grant (Born Hiram Ulysses Grant)
- Born April 27, 1822 (Point Pleasant, Ohio)
- Died July 23, 1885 (63 years)
- Education: United States Military Academy (BS 1843)
- Occupation: Soldier, Farmer, Store Owner, Writer, Politician
- Military Service: 1839-54, 1861-69 (23 years, General, US Army)
- Political Party: Republican
Immediate Family[]
- Father: Jesse Root Grant (1794-1873)
- Mother: Hannah Simpson (1798-1883)
- Sibling 1: Samuel Simpson Grant (1825-61)
- Sibling 2: Clara Rachel Grant (1828-65)
- Sibling 3: Virginia Paine Grant (1832-1913)
- m.1869 Abel Corbin (1802-80)
- Children: 1 daughter
- Sibling 4: Orvil Lynch Grant (1835-81)
- m.1857 Mary Medary (1836-94)
- Children: 3 sons, 1 daughter
- Sibling 5: Mary Frances Grant (1839-98)
- m.1863 Michael Cramer (1835-98)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
- Paternal Grandfather: Noah Delano Grant III (1748-1819)
- Paternal Grandmother: Rachel Miller Kelly (1773-1805)
- Maternal Grandfather: John David Simpson Jr. (1767-1837)
- Maternal Grandmother: Rebecca Weir (1770-1801)
Wife: Julia Boggs Dent[]
- Born January 26, 1826
- Father: Frederick Fayette Dent (1786-1873)
- Mother: Ellen Bray Wrenshall (1793-1857)
- Siblings: John, George, Frederick, Lewis, Ellen, Mary, Emily
- Died Decemebr 14, 1902 (76 years)
- Marriage: August 22, 1848 - July 23, 1885 (36 years, died)
Child 1: Frederick Dent Grant[]
- Born May 30, 1850
- Died April 12, 1912 (61 years)
- Wife: Ida Marie Honoré (1854-1930)
- Marriage: October 20, 1874 - April 12, 1912 (37 years, died)
- Child 1: Julia Dent Grant (1876-1975)
- m.1899 Mikhail, Prince Cantacuzène (1875-1955)
- Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
- Child 2: Ulysses Simpson Grant (1881-1968)
- m.1907 Edith Root (1878-1962)
- Children: 3 daughters
Child 2: Ulysses Simpson Grant Jr.[]
- Born July 22, 1852
- Died September 25, 1929 (77 years)
- First Wife: Fannie Josephine Chaffee (1857-1909)
- Marriage: November 1, 1880 - November 10, 1909 (29 years, widowed)
- Child 1: Miriam Grant (1881-1940)
- m.1904 Ulysses Macy (1877-1917)
- Children: 2 sons, 1 daughter
- m.1920 John Rice (1880-1960)
- Child 2: Chaffee Grant (1883-1940)
- m.1907 Helen Wrenshall (1886-1957)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
- Child 3: Julia Dent Grant (1885-1964)
- m.1910 Edmund King (1878-1937)
- Children: 1 son, 2 daughters
- Child 4: Fannie Chaffee Grant (1889-1924)
- m.1909 Isaac Purdy (1886-1956)
- Children: 1 son
- Child 5: Ulysses Simpson Grant III (1893-1977)
- m.1917 Matilda Bartikofsky (1894-1981)
- m.1950 Frances Dean (1911-91)
- Children: 1 son
- Second Wife: America Workman (1878-1942)
- Marriage: July 12, 1913 - September 25, 1929 (16 years, died)
Child 3: Ellen Wrenshall Grant[]
- Born July 4, 1855
- Died August 30, 1922 (67 years)
- First Husband: Algernon Charles Frederick Sartoris (1851-93)
- Marriage: May 21, 1874 - 1889 (14-15 years, divorced)
- Child 1: Grant Grenville Edward Sartoris (1875-76)
- Child 2: Algernon Edward Sartoris (1877-1928)
- m.1904 Cécile Noufflard (1879-1909)
- Children: 1 son
- Child 3: Vivien May Sartoris (1879-1933)
- m.1902 Frederick Scovel (1880-1930)
- Child 4: Rosemary Alice Sartoris (1880-1914)
- m.1906 George Woolston (1864-1930)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
- Second Husband: Franklin Hatch Jones (1854-1931)
- Marriage: July 4, 1912 - August 30, 1922 (10 years, died)
Child 4: Jesse Root Grant[]
- Born February 6, 1858
- Died June 8, 1934 (76 years)
- First Wife: Elizabeth Mary Chapman (1860-1945)
- Marriage: September 21, 1880 - 1918 (37-38 years, divorced)
- Child 1: Nellie Grant (1881-1972)
- m.1907 William Cronan (1879-1929)
- Children: 2 daughters
- Child 2: Chapman Grant (1887-1983)
- m.1917 Mabel Ward (1892-1979)
- Children: 1 son, 1 daughter
- Second Wife: Camille Lillian Burns (1861-1924)
- Marriage: August 26, 1918 - July 1, 1924 (5 years, widowed)