18th President of the United States
Ulysses S. Grant
“Unconditional Surrender Grant”
- In office
- March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
- Party
- Republican
- Home state
- Illinois
- Lived
- 1822–1885
- Days in office
- 2,922
- In order
- No. 18: after Andrew Johnson, before Rutherford B. Hayes
- Vice presidents
- Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
Key achievements & events
- Commanding general who won the Civil War for the Union
- Fought the Ku Klux Klan with the Enforcement Acts (1870-71)
- Saw the 15th Amendment ratified, protecting voting rights regardless of race (1870)
- Created Yellowstone, the first national park (1872)
- Settled the Alabama claims with Britain through international arbitration
Remember: His administration was hit by scandals like the Whiskey Ring. His memoirs, finished days before his death, were a bestseller.