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= Ulysses S Grant=

Early Life:
Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822. He grew up in a town in Ohio called Georgetown. His father owned a farmland in which Ulysses did his chores, and was very skilled in handling horses. In 1839 his father Jesse Root Grant made an appointment with the United States Military Academy in West Point New York, Even though Ulysses S. Grant was at the the time not interested in the military he accepted to go. He ranked twenty-first out of 39 when he graduated from West Point in 1843. When he graduated he showed great skills in horsemanship, and mathematics. After graduation Ulysses was assigned to a brevet second lieutenant to the fourth U.S. infantry. This meaning he got promoted to higher rank.

In later years from 1846-48 Ulysses showed a lot of courage in campaigns under Zachary Taylor. Ulysses earned brevet commissions as first lieutenant and captain, though his permanent rank was first lieutenant when he was in the battle in September 1847.

Civil War:
In April 1861 Ulysses helped recruit, equip, and drill the troops for the civil war. On February 16 Ulysses won the first major Union victory of the war, when Fort Donelson, on the Cumberland River in Tennessee, surrendered.

Presidency:
=== “Let us have peace,” became the Republican campaign slogan. Ulysses S. Grants Democratic opponent was Horatio Seymour, he was former governor of New York. It was a very close run, and Grant barley had a victory in the popular vote (300,000 ballots) may have been attributable to newly enfranchised black voters. Ulysses won the electoral college very easily with getting 214 votes, compared with 80 for Seymour. Ulysses S. Grant entered the white house on March 4, 1869. He was the youngest president ever. He was politically unexperienced. Ulysses used his Legislation powers to VETO a bill proposed. This bill was a finance bill, and Ulysses was persuaded by his wife Julia Grant to make the decision on vetoing the bill. She also claims to persuade Ulysses to appoint Hamilton Fish for secretary of state. On March 18, 1869, Ulysses S. Grant signed his first law, pledging to redeem in gold the greenback currency issued during the Civil. He won the reelection in 1872 beating Horace Greeley. Grant also worked in ratifying the fifteenth amendment. IN 1874 he vetoed a bill that increased the amount of legal tender got rid of the currency crisis for the next quarter century. ===



Later In Life:
After his presidency Grant and his wife took a round world trip in 1877. Ulysses was greeted everywhere as a hero. In 1879 the republican party nominated Grant for a third time, but loss to James A. Garfield.

In conclusion:
Ulysses S. Grant can be defined as a person who will not give up. He is a heroic person who lead his people in the Mexican war. Then was the leader that guided the Union to victory in the civil war. From when he was handling horses on his fathers farm to leading the Union Grant was perceived as a brave person that lead him to his accomplishments. = = =

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Sources:
http://www.biography.com/articles/Ulysses-S-Grant-9318285?part=0 http://www.nps.gov/history/logcabin/html/usg2.html http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/ulyssessgrant