In 1868, Grant was the obvious choice for the Republican nomination and he handily won the election that November. Ulysses S. Grant was set to become the 18th President of the United States.

when President Ulysses S. Grant signed into law the first of three Enforcement Acts, aimed at ensuring that formerly enslaved people could freely vote, participate in politics and serve in public ...

Ulysses S. Grant, the Union commander ... As president, Grant pushed for the 15th Amendment, which guaranteed voting rights to all male citizens regardless of “race, color or previous conditi ...

Major Acts: Beginning in 1870, Enforcement Acts protected the right to vote. One of these was the 1871 Ku Klux Klan Act, geared to counter the rise of white terrorist activity against blacks in the ...

In time, Ulysses will accept U. S ... the Grant store. Grant helps his Republican brother Orvil serve oysters and liquor. Grant has not lived in Illinois long enough to be eligible to vote ...

Bordewich examines Ulysses ... to deny voting to save myself.” Toward the end of the book, Bordewich gestures toward the fractured political landscape of the present day. Grant’s victory ...