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Hiram Ulysses Simpson
GRANT
(b.
27 April 1822
,
Point Pleasant, Ohio, USA
d.
23 July 1885
,
Saratoga, New York, USA
)
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Hiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT was born 27 April 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio, USA
Hiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT was the child of ? and ?Spouse(s)/Partner(s) and Child(ren):
Hiram Ulysses Simpson married Julia Boggs DENT 22 August 1848 in St Louis, Missouri, USA . The couple had (at least) 4 children. Julia Boggs DENT was born 26 January 1826 in White Haven, St Louis, Missouri, USA. Julia Boggs died 14 December 1902 in Washington, DC, USA.
Hiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT died 23 July 1885 in Saratoga, New York, USA .
Occupation: President of the United States
son of Jesse Root Grant and Hannah Simpson
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Julia Boggs DENT-- Date: 22 August 1848 Place: St Louis, Missouri, USA
Children of Hiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT and Julia Boggs DENT:
Frederick Dent GRANT (b.30 May 1850, St Louis, Missouri, USA d. 11 April 1912, Manhattan, New York, USA )
Ulysses Simpson GRANT (b.22 July 1852, Bethel, Miami, Ohio, USA d. 25 September 1929, San Diego, California, USA)
Ellen Wrenshall GRANT (b.4 July 1855, Wish-Ton-Wish, Missouri, USA d. 30 August 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA)
Jesse Root GRANT (b.6 February 1858, St Louis, Missouri, USA d. 8 June 1934, Los Altos, Santa Clara, California, USA)
Julia Boggs DENT-- Date: 22 August 1848 Place: St Louis, Missouri, USAChildren of Hiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT and Julia Boggs DENT:
Frederick Dent GRANT (b.30 May 1850, St Louis, Missouri, USA d. 11 April 1912, Manhattan, New York, USA ) Ulysses Simpson GRANT (b.22 July 1852, Bethel, Miami, Ohio, USA d. 25 September 1929, San Diego, California, USA) Ellen Wrenshall GRANT (b.4 July 1855, Wish-Ton-Wish, Missouri, USA d. 30 August 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA) Jesse Root GRANT (b.6 February 1858, St Louis, Missouri, USA d. 8 June 1934, Los Altos, Santa Clara, California, USA)Add History, Life Events, News, Stories about Hiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT
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1822 Birth 27 April 1822
Point Pleasant, Ohio, USA
Biography
ULYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth President of the United States, was born on the 29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in a humble home at Point Pleasant, on the banks of the Ohio. Shortly after, his father moved to Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. In this remote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common school education. At the age of seventeen, in the year 1839, he entered the Military Academy at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, sensible young man, of fair ability, and of sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated about the middle in his class, and was sent as Lieutenant of Infantry to one of the distant military posts in the Missouri Territory. Two years he passed in these dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond Indians.
The war with Mexico came. Lieut, Grant was sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor ...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
ULYSSES S. GRANT, the eighteenth President of the United States, was born on the 29th of April, 1822, of Christian parents, in a humble home at Point Pleasant, on the banks of the Ohio. Shortly after, his father moved to Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio. In this remote frontier hamlet, Ulysses received a common school education. At the age of seventeen, in the year 1839, he entered the Military Academy at West Point. Here he was regarded as a solid, sensible young man, of fair ability, and of sturdy, honest character. He took respectable rank as a scholar. In June, 1843, he graduated about the middle in his class, and was sent as Lieutenant of Infantry to one of the distant military posts in the Missouri Territory. Two years he passed in these dreary solitudes, watching the vagabond Indians.
The war with Mexico came. Lieut, Grant was sent with his regiment to Corpus Christi. His first battle was at Palo Alto. There was no chance here for the exhibition of either skill or heroism, nor ...Read MORE...
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
From the 1840s through the 1880s, thousands trekked westward, carrying only a few belonging and supplies for the journey, and settling on the western frontier, forever changing the American West.
1843 - The Christmas card is invented (Sir Henry Cole and John Callcott Horsley, England)Artificial Freezer Patented (Nancy M. Johnson, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA)
1845 - The rubber band is invented (Stephen Perry, England)The refrigerator is invented (John Gorrie, United States)
1848 Marriage / PartnerHiram Ulysses Simpson GRANT and Julia Boggs DENT 22 August 1848, St Louis, Missouri, USA
He was 26 years old.
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"...Grant was a young Army officer just four years out of West Point when he was transferred to the Detroit Barracks as regimental quartermaster of the 4th Infantry in the spring of 1849. Detroit was a tiny town at the time — with only 21,000 people. The future U.S. president and Civil War hero and his wife, Julia Dent Grant, lived in the house from April 1849 through May 1850, according to Kimberly Johnson, a Michigan Historic Commission member who has researched the Grants' time in Detroit..."
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Gen. U.S. Grant Residence, Detroit, Mich.
"...Grant was a young Army officer just four years out of West Point when he was transferred to the Detroit Barracks as regimental quartermaster of the 4th Infantry in the spring of 1849. Detroit was a tiny town at the time — with only 21,000 people. The future U.S. president and Civil War hero and his wife, Julia Dent Grant, lived in the house from April 1849 through May 1850, according to Kimberly Johnson, a Michigan Historic Commission member who has researched the Grants' time in Detroit..."
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1850 Birth of ChildFrederick Dent GRANT was born 30 May 1850, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Hiram Ulysses Simpson was 28 years old.
1852 Birth of ChildUlysses Simpson GRANT was born 22 July 1852, Bethel, Miami, Ohio, USA
Hiram Ulysses Simpson was 30 years old.
1855 Birth of ChildEllen Wrenshall GRANT was born 4 July 1855, Wish-Ton-Wish, Missouri, USA
Hiram Ulysses Simpson was 33 years old.
1858 Birth of ChildJesse Root GRANT was born 6 February 1858, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Hiram Ulysses Simpson was 35 years old.
Portrait and Biographical Record of Dubuque, Jones and Clayton Counties, Iowa, Chapman Pub Co, 1894
1863 - November 19 – American Civil War: U. S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address at the military cemetery dedication ceremony in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.1866 - July 25 – The United States Congress passes legislation authorizing the rank of General of the Army (now called "5-star general"); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant becomes the first to have this rank.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President Signs the Bill Reviving the Grade of General - General Grant Nominated - Vice-admiral Farragut Appointed Admiral.
WASHINGTON, July 25. - The President has signed the bill reviving the grade of General in the army of the United States, and this afternoon nominated to the Senate Lieutenant-general Grant for that office, and Vice-admiral Farragut to be Admiral in the Navy under a recent law.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 26, 1866
FROM WASHINGTON.
The President Signs the Bill Reviving the Grade of General - General Grant Nominated - Vice-admiral Farragut Appointed Admiral.
WASHINGTON, July 25. - The President has signed the bill reviving the grade of General in the army of the United States, and this afternoon nominated to the Senate Lieutenant-general Grant for that office, and Vice-admiral Farragut to be Admiral in the Navy under a recent law.
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The Cincinnati Enquirer
Cincinnati, Ohio
July 26, 1866
1868 - The typewriter is invented (Christopher Latham Sholes, United States)Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, the electric vote recorder.
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1869 - March 4 - Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) becomes 18th President of the United States
In 1868, as Republican candidate for president, Grant was elected over the Democrat, Horatio Seymour. From the start, Grant showed his unfitness for the office. His cabinet was weak, his domestic policy was confused, and many of his intimate associates were corrupt. The notable achievement in foreign affairs was the settlement of controversies with Great Britain in the Treaty of London (1871), negotiated by his able secretary of state, Hamilton Fish.
Running for reelection in 1872, he defeated Horace Greeley, the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate. The Panic of 1873 graft scandals close to the presidency created difficulties for his second term.
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March 4, 1869
In 1868, as Republican candidate for president, Grant was elected over the Democrat, Horatio Seymour. From the start, Grant showed his unfitness for the office. His cabinet was weak, his domestic policy was confused, and many of his intimate associates were corrupt. The notable achievement in foreign affairs was the settlement of controversies with Great Britain in the Treaty of London (1871), negotiated by his able secretary of state, Hamilton Fish.
Running for reelection in 1872, he defeated Horace Greeley, the Democratic and Liberal Republican candidate. The Panic of 1873 graft scandals close to the presidency created difficulties for his second term.
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March 4, 1869
1870 - June 26 - Christmas becomes a Federal holiday in the United States. It was still illegal in some states.1871 - October 17 - President Grant suspends the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina where the Ku Klux Klan is active.
In October 1871, during the Reconstruction era in the United States, President Ulysses S. Grant took a significant step to combat the violence and terror inflicted by the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina. The Klan, a white supremacist organization, targeted African Americans and their supporters, using intimidation, violence, and even murder to maintain white supremacy and undermine Reconstruction efforts. President Grant, facing escalating unrest and fearing for public safety, made the decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. This extraordinary measure allowed authorities to detain individuals suspected of Klan affiliation without the usual recourse to a court order demanding their release, effectively giving law enforcement broader powers to suppress Klan activities.
Grant's suspension of habeas corpus marked a pivotal moment in the federal government's response to the Klan's reign of terror. It underscored the severity of the threat posed by the Klan's...Read MORE...
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In October 1871, during the Reconstruction era in the United States, President Ulysses S. Grant took a significant step to combat the violence and terror inflicted by the Ku Klux Klan in South Carolina. The Klan, a white supremacist organization, targeted African Americans and their supporters, using intimidation, violence, and even murder to maintain white supremacy and undermine Reconstruction efforts. President Grant, facing escalating unrest and fearing for public safety, made the decision to suspend the writ of habeas corpus in South Carolina. This extraordinary measure allowed authorities to detain individuals suspected of Klan affiliation without the usual recourse to a court order demanding their release, effectively giving law enforcement broader powers to suppress Klan activities.
Grant's suspension of habeas corpus marked a pivotal moment in the federal government's response to the Klan's reign of terror. It underscored the severity of the threat posed by the Klan's...Read MORE...
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1884 - Photographic film is invented (George Eastman, United States)The first gravity roller coaster amusement ride (LeMarcus A. Thompson, United States)
Death
Name: Ulysses S. Grant
Gender: Male
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Burial Place: River Side Pk., N.Y.C.
Death Date: 23 Jul 1885
Death Place: New York, New York
Age: 63
Birth Date: 1822
Birthplace: Ohio
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07501-9
System Origin: New York-EASy
GS Film number: 1671687
Reference ID: Pg 112
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Name: Ulysses S. Grant
Gender: Male
Burial Date:
Burial Place: River Side Pk., N.Y.C.
Death Date: 23 Jul 1885
Death Place: New York, New York
Age: 63
Birth Date: 1822
Birthplace: Ohio
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: B07501-9
System Origin: New York-EASy
GS Film number: 1671687
Reference ID: Pg 112
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Hiram is buried at: General Grant National Memorial Manhattan New York County (Manhattan) New York, USA
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