Ulysses S. Grant | |
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![]() Portrait by Mathew Brady, c. 1870–1880 | |
18th President of the United States | |
In office March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 | |
Vice President |
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Preceded by | Andrew Johnson |
Succeeded by | Rutherford B. Hayes |
Personal details | |
Born | Hiram Ulysses Grant April 27, 1822 Point Pleasant, Ohio |
Died | July 23, 1885 Mount McGregor, New York | (aged 63)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse(s) | Julia Dent Grant |
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general who helped the Union Army of the United States win the American Civil War.[1] He was later the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877.[1]