![]() Grant resigned from the army in 1854 but returned to his family impoverished. In 1848, he married Julia Dent, and together they had four children. Admitted to West Point, Grant graduated in the class of 1843 and served with distinction in the Mexican–American War. ![]() Later, as president, Grant was an effective civil rights executive who signed the bill that created the Justice Department and worked with Radical Republicans to protect African Americans during Reconstruction.īorn and raised in Ohio, Grant possessed an exceptional ability with horses. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as U.S. ![]() Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, / ˈ h aɪ r ə m juː ˈ l ɪ s iː z/ HY-rəm yoo- LISS-eez April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. ![]()
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