History of R. Buckminister Fuller Essay

Ulysses S. Grant lived an interesting life. He gave so much to this country. His life was

James K. Polk was the eleventh President, from 1845 to 1849. James K. Polk had said in his inaugural address on March 4, 1845, “ The world has nothing to fear from military ambition in our government. “ He basically is saying that we as citizens and people in the world should not have any fear in military ambition from our government. Polk’s presidency reflected this statement by achieving his four main goals he set out to achieve during his presidency. The four main goals were to cut tariffs, reestablishing an independent U.S Treasury, securing the Oregon Territory, gaining the territories of California and New Mexico from Mexico. In ways that didn’t reflect the statement was that he caused war with Mexico for three years.

D. 1958 the first geodesic dome in the United States was built in Virginia Beach by the Globe Iron Construction Company and designed by Buckminster Fuller (Castleberry).

Ulysses S. Grant       On April 27, 1822 a boy was born to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant in the small town of Point Pleasant, Ohio. They named their son Hiram Ulysses Grant. In 1823 the family moved to a town nearby called Georgetown, Ohio, where Ulysses’ father owned a tannery and some farmland. Grant had two brothers and three sisters born in Georgetown.

Ulysses S. Grant was an American general and 18th president of the United States. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, on April 27, 1822, the son of Hannah Simpson and Jesse Grant, the owner of a tannery. Taken to nearby Georgetown at the age of one, he was educated in local and boarding schools. In 1839, under the name of Ulysses Simpson instead of his original Hiram Ulysses, he was appointed to West Point. Graduating 21st in a class of 39 in 1843, he was assigned to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri. There he met Julia Dent, a local planter's daughter, whom he married after the Mexican War.

James Knox Polk, born in Pineville, North Carolina on November 2, 1795 and died June 15, 1849 in Nashville, Tennessee. He served as the 17th speaker of the house of representatives (1835 - 1839). He later served as the 11th president of the United States (1845 - 1849), for the Democratic party, and said to be the “dark horse” candidate, defeating Henry Clay. In his election he promised to only serve one term and to accomplish four main goals

Henry's dream of the automobile started with the production of his first auto, on June fourth 1896, the primitive auto was named the quadracycle. Not exactly a modern auto the Quadracycle was reminiscent to a babbycarrige on bicycle wheels but was a start to Ford's empire and the development of the automobile for the people. Many saw Henry's potential and helped him to find a successor to the Quadracycle; one such person was the Mayor of Detroit, William Mayburg who provided financial support to Ford to continue his research. Generous investors such as this and the help of four investors donating 10,000 dollars each led to the official founding of the Ford Motor Co. in 1901.

     American General and 18th President of the United States of America, Ulysses S. Grant, was a master war strategist who won the first major Union victories during the Civil War; however, political leadership proved to be far different from military leadership for Grant. While in office from 1869-1877 Grant scarcely attempted to control events, made injudicious appointments to public office, and had official corruption taint his administration, although Grant himself was never said to be actually have been involved in this corruption.

On the sad day of June 15th 1829 James K. polk passed on. Cholera was able to take him down sadly at age 53 in Nashville, Tennessee. James will be forever missed by his friends and family.

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27,1822 to Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson Grant (Williams). His first name was decided upon by his maternal grandmother while his middle name was an alternate form of his father’s favorite literary character, whose name was Odysseus (Schlesinger Jr.). His parents had three daughters and two sons after Ulysses. During his childhood, he was shy but had a large passion for horses (Grant, 8). He worked on his family’s farm and attended local schools where he was not a very good student. In 1839, his father decided to send him to West Point, an idea that Grant was not to fond of (Lincoln, 422).

James Polk was the 11th president of the United States, James Polk was 10 years when his parents crossed the Appalachian Mountains. James Polk was born November 2, 1795. James Polk

Melville Weston Fuller was conceived in Maine on February 11, 1833. His parents separated when he was 2 months old, and he grew up with his mom, brother and her parents in Augusta, Maine. Since Fuller's dad remarried and did not give any money to help his first spouse and her two kids, Fuller's mom gave piano lessons to acquire cash for her kids. When he was 16 years of age, Fuller entered Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, graduating Phi Beta Kappa in 1853. He was a good reader and a productive artist. His scholarly interests stayed with him all through his later lawful profession. Fuller practiced law in a law office in Bangor, Maine, at that point he went to addresses at Harvard Law School for a half year. This experience would make him the principal

The obviously needed time to perfect their invention, it had several details that had to be worked on. Sadly they were not the only ones with this idea, when the engineer took the idea to Kokomo, Indiana where there he helped develop the Haynes machine, which later was proclaimed as the first automobile leaving out the Benton Harbor Baushke brothers.

Throughout history, there have been great leaders, some for the good of humanity, and some for the not-so good of humanity. The one element all leaders have in common is in some way, have changed the course of history. The one great leader I have found to be interesting and envision of a great leader is William Bradford, an original passenger on the Mayflower, and the first ever governor elected on what is to become, American Soil.

Since the development of the steam engine people had been interested in creating self-powered vehicles, this manifested during the industrial revolution as the train. However, as time went on people became interested in creating a vehicle that wasn’t confined to tracks. The earliest attempts were moderately successful but served little practical purpose. Automobiles first began to truly spread with the invention of the electric motor which created cheaper, more powerful, and safer automobiles. Still the automobile still had numerous problems and were mainly in the hands of the rich. It was the development of the internal combustion engine and the assembly line that was truly able to create a practical vehicle that could be used by all and