Ulysses S. Grant

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Hiram Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) - born 27 Apr 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, died 23 Jul 1885, Mt. McGregor, New York.

At the age of 17, Grant received a cadetship to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, through his U.S. Congressman, Thomas L. Hamer. Hamer erroneously nominated him as Ulysses Simpson Grant, and although Grant protested the change, it was difficult to resist the bureaucracy. Upon graduation, Grant adopted the form of his new name with middle initial only, never acknowledging that the "S" stood for Simpson. He graduated from West Point in 1843, ranking 21st in a class of 39. At the academy, he established a reputation as a fearless and expert horseman. Grant drank distilled liquor and smoked huge numbers of cigars (one story had it that he smoked over 10,000 in five years) which may have contributed to his throat cancer of later life.

Grant married Julia Boggs Dent (1826–1902) on August 22, 1848. They had four children: Frederick Dent Grant, Ulysses S. (Buck) Grant, Jr., Ellen (Nellie) Grant, and Jesse Root Grant.

Assignments:

• (????-1843) (Cadet) United States Military Academy
• (1849-1851) (Lt.) Detroit, Michigan
• (1852-1854) (1st Lt.) 4th Infantry, Fort Vancouver, Washington
• (1854-1854) (Capt.) Fort Humboldt, California Resigned his commission & went back east.
• (1861-1861) (Col.) 21st Illinois Infantry (17 Jun 1861)
• (1861-18??) (Bg. General) (17 Aug 1861)
• (1869-1877) (President of the United States) Washington, DC

Personal Description:

• Height: 5' 8"
• Build:
• Hair Color: Nut Brown
• Eye Color:

Links:

• Grant Homepage
• First Inaugural Address
• Second Inaugural Address
• Full text of Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, (1885) from Project Gutenberg
• Grant and Slavery
• White House Biography