Ulysses S. Grant
At a Glance
Term: 18th President of the United States (1869-1877)
Born: April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio
Nickname: "Hero of Appomattox"
Education: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York (graduated 1843)
Religion: Methodist
Marriage: August 22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent (1826-1902)
Children: Frederick Dent (1850-1912), Ulysses Simpson (1852-1929), Ellen Wrenshall (1855-1922), Jesse Root (1858-1934)
Career: Soldier
Political Party: Republican
Writings: Personal Memoirs (2 vols., 1885-86); Papers (28 vols., 1967- ), ed. by John Y. Simon
Died: July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, New York
Buried: Grant’s Tomb, New York, New York
A Life in Brief: Ulysses S. Grant is best known as the Union general who led the North to victory over the Confederate South during the American Civil War. As a President, however, he has long been dismissed as weak and ineffective. More....
Essays on Ulysses S. Grant and His Administration
Consulting Editor: John Y. Simon
The late Professor Simon was a professor of history at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He was also the executive director of The Ulysses S. Grant Association and editor of The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant, of which twenty-eight volumes have been published. His writings include:
The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant (volumes 1 through 28, Southern Illinois University Press, 1969-2005)
The Personal Memoirs of Julia Dent Grant (Southern Illinois University Press, 1988)
Grant and Halleck: Contrasts in Command (Marquette University Press, 1996)
New Perspectives on the American Civil War: Myths and Realities of the National Conflict (with Michael Stevens, Madison House, 1998)
Presidential Speeches
Below are selections from the Miller Center's Ulysses S. Grant speech collection. To view the Miller Center's other speeches by Ulysses S. Grant or by another President, please click the link below.
Miller Center Scholarship and Speakers
The Miller Center of Public Affairs is a national nonpartisan center to research, reflect, and report on American government, with special attention to the central role and history of the presidency. Below is a selection of Miller Center resources on Ulysses S. Grant.
Watch Historian Josiah Bunting’s 2005 presentation at the Miller Center on Ulysses S. Grant.
Ulysses Grant came to the presidency with an abundance of experience as a military commander. Click here to learn more about the Miller Center’s National War Powers Commission.
Click here to learn more about the Center’s National Commission on the Presidential Nominating Process and its relationship to Grant.
Scripps Library Reference Resources
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