He was under orders to scout a suitable site for a military post, a mission personally approved by President Ulysses S ... Hills, Grant could expect heated opposition from Eastern politicians ...

White President Ulysses S. Grant placed a high priority on the welfare ... for as the Klan “endeavored to suppress the political rights of the freedmen of the South by the use of unscrupulous ...

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

The election, which pitted Republican Ulysses S. Grant against Democrat Horatio Seymour, was crucial. Republicans would continue programs that prevented Southern whites from gaining political ...

Perhaps no state did more to advance and propel the career of Ulysses S. Grant than Mississippi. Thus, it stands to reason that his memoirs are housed at Mississippi State – one of only six ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, a massive collection of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia by ...

Ulysses S. Grant, who lived here with his wife, family and enslaved workers in the 1850s. A large portion of the original 850-acre estate was sold off to the Busch family and now operates as Grant ...

The candidates: Ulysses S Grant, 18th President and then incumbent ... The result: While he was a fiery editor, Greeley had no political experience, and his blunt opinions didn't resonate well ...