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Traveled with Julia on a round-the-world tour
- He also took steps to repair the damaged economy. But his two terms as president are best remembered for financial scandals among members of his party and his administration. In 1877, after he left office, Grant traveled with Julia on a round-the-world tour.
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Ulysses S. Grant: Life After the Presidency. By Joan Waugh. In 1875, Grant wrote a public letter formally renouncing any interest in a third term and played virtually no role in the election of 1876 until that December, when the electoral votes arrived in Washington, D.C.
- Impact and Legacy
Ulysses S. Grant left the White House in 1877, admitting in...
- Campaigns and Elections
As was the custom of the times, the 46-year-old Grant did...
- Family Life
Ulysses and Julia Grant had four children, three boys and a...
- Life Before The Presidency
He seemed sure to win a coveted spot in the Army's cavalry,...
- Impact and Legacy
After eight years in the presidential office during Reconstruction, Ulysses S. Grant looked forward to retirement from public life. When his second term in office ended in March 1877, Grant had gained weight, while he desired to travel the world and visit his daughter in Scotland.
After Grant left office, the Compromise of 1877 meant Republicans obtained the White House for Rutherford B. Hayes in return for ending enforcement of racial equality for black people and removing federal troops from the South, marking the end of Reconstruction.
Lincoln appointed him General-in-Chief in March 1864. Grant directed Sherman to drive through the South while he himself, with the Army of the Potomac, pinned down Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of...
Apr 23, 2024 · Ulysses S. Grant. At the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861, Grant helped recruit, equip, and drill troops in Galena, then accompanied them to the state capital, Springfield, where Gov. Richard Yates made him an aide and assigned him to the state adjutant general’s office.
Oct 29, 2009 · Ulysses Grant’s time in office was marked by scandal and corruption, although he himself did not participate in or profit from the misdeeds perpetrated by some of his associates and...
Apr 2, 2020 · Grant left office at the end of his two terms in 1877. His administration was plagued by corruption, although Grant himself has largely been seen as not personally involved with the crimes of his underlings.