The Humble President After Honest Abe

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

The Civil war kicked off and many key people were responsible for important things that happened in the war. Ulysses S. Grant was one of them. He was born in 1822. He was a skilled warrior and rose to the rank of captain in the military. He resigned from the military in 1854. Grant tried farming for a little and was not successful., so he rejoined the military as a general in the Civil War. Then he served for president in 1869 for two terms and died in 1885.(National...)

There have been forty-four U.S. Presidents over the past two hundred and twenty four years. Some were very successful. Of those few historians, Abraham Lincoln was one of the greatest presidents that ever live. He is responsible for preserving the union, freeing the slaves, and enacting various new policies. Lincoln was a president that never gave up and put his people first. He was strong, confident and believes in his principles. Some of the presidents were least successful. Of those few historians, Herbert Hoover wasn’t very successful while he was in office. He was considered to be a terrible president because an awful thing occurred on his watch. Which was the Great Depression.

Ulysses S. Grant was a man who grew up the hard way. He was the son of a tanner on the Western frontier. He was a man that looked mainly towards the future and could careless about the past. Grant view everything as one, he wanted to

Ulysses S. Grant is generally showed as bad president by having mostly red and couple orange blocks on the graph in Wiki. His presidency is marked by him not being a political man and seemed ineffective enforcing the civil rights laws. He was involved in some scandals. He led the United States during a depression from Europe which affected the United States jobs. Ulysses also was dealing with a few scandals and he also passed the 15 amendment. Ulysses was not a political man, so he deserves what he is ranked at.

Grant’s early years showed great potential for his later life. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio on April 27, 1822 but Grant’s mother would sell there tannery and move the family a few miles east in Ohio to Georgetown, Ohio. As a youngster Grant would work on his family farm, collect firewood and maintain the horses, farmers would watch him train and take care of the horses, he was a local celebrity because of his ability

Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. Born into a middle class family, he was the first son of Jesse Root Grant, a tanner and businessman, and Hannah Simpson Grant. A year after his birth, his family packed their bags and moved to Georgetown, Ohio. Here Grant spent the majority of his childhood, one he deemed “uneventful.” The son of an outgoing father and reserved mother, Grant took after the latter, characterized as shy in his childhood. He was abhorrent toward the idea of taking over his father’s tannery business, a fact his father slowly came to realize. So rather than inheriting his father’s business, Grant was arranged to enter the United States Military Academy at the age of 17.

Ulysses S. Grant had a big part in the Civil War because he was the leader of the Union’s army and soon would become president. Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. His named was soon changed because of a writing error on his first day at the United States Military Academy. He was the commander and chief of the Union and lead the army against the confederacy. He was chosen by Lincoln of all his victories like the battles at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga.

President Grant was the United stated 18th president. Many historians have spoken poorly about him, calling him corrupt and ineffective. Even though many of those historians mention how he was no good as a president, they never explain how and what he actually did to prove he was corrupt and ineffective. Although historians such as Thomas A bailey, C.Van Woodward and Arthur Schlesinger call him ignorant, the all-time low point as well as placing him in the among the failures, he was neither of them all he was doing is what any other president would of done. He was doing what was best for the country and those historians did not see it that way. Despite the fact that many historians agree that he was corrupt and ineffective he was neither of them, he was doing what was right for the country, for the people and he was just doing what every other president has and would of done.

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.

     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.

Andrew Jackson and Ulysses S. Grant were raised in similar rural environments and levels of education but as president after the paradigm-shifting Civil War, Grant opposed the spoils system. Compared to Jackson and his loyalty-over-merit system, Grant was much more open-minded and progressive, or liberal, having been raised in New England. His childhood spent in Ohio, military education at West Point, and military postings in Missouri and other midwest states put him in a position to empathize with other people without

Ulysses Grant was in charge of the Union army during the Civil War. He would lead the war in 1862. He will serve as the 18th U.S. president. Grant will graduate from West

When the topic of wars in American History come up two important wars come to mind, The American Revolution and the American Civil War. Both of these wars saw some of the best generals the U.S. Military has ever seen, George Washington and Ulysses S. Grant. Due to Washington’s success in the American Revolution his position as president of the new nation was secured. Like Washington, Ulysses S. Grant was nearly guaranteed a position as president for people so successful and popular in the American Civil War.

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th president of the United States. In the book, “Cigar, Whiskey and Winning”, it highlights his management skills during the Civil War as he lead the Union Army to defeat the Confederate Army. When he was younger, Grant attended West Point. He was not the brightest student, but he did enjoy reading. After he graduated, he became second lieutenant in an infantry regiment. In the book it showed him taking advantages of opportunities to rise to victory. He had gotten married and began to feel like his work with the Army was not important, so he resigned from the Army. He dabbled in farming and real estate, but was not very successful in either. It further shows