Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) commanded the victorious Union army during the American Civil War (1861-1865) and served as the 18th U.S. president from 1869 to 1877. An Ohio native, Grant graduated from West Point and fought in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).

July 1885

Grant was writing articles about the many battles he had fought during the Civil War and hoped to expand on these articles and form a memoir of his military career. Twain tried to convince Grant that he could give him a better deal, which would provide Grant with more money.

The answer is no. It is a true fact that Mark Twain did publish the memoirs of President Ulysses S. Grant took Twain up on his offer, and later finished his book just a few (5) days before succumbing to cancer in July 1885. “The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant” hit stores late in the year 1885.

America’s 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant, died broke. He lost $100,000 after being defrauded by his son’s business partner, Ferdinand Ward, which forced him into bankruptcy.

Grant Cottage, Wilton, New York, United States

In 1865, as commanding general, Ulysses S. Grant led the Union Armies to victory over the Confederacy in the American Civil War. As an American hero, Grant was later elected the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877), working to implement Congressional Reconstruction and to remove the vestiges of slavery.

On July 23, 1885, just after completing his memoirs, Civil War hero and former president Ulysses S. Grant dies of throat cancer.

The three of us—you, Tory and I—we are beyond friends. We are siblings. We shared a long, wild adventure, learning from each other the whole way. Our cameraman nicknamed us Technical, Practical, and Logical because we were so different, but we could solve any problem together.

Andrew Johnson

Elected President The 1872 United States presidential election was the 22nd quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, 1872. Despite a split in the Republican Party, incumbent President Ulysses S. Grant defeated Democratic-endorsed Liberal Republican nominee Horace Greeley.

There have been twenty-one U.S. presidents who have served a second term, each of whom has faced difficulties attributed to the curse.

With their offices located on the White House grounds, Vice Presidents since Walter Mondale have lived with their families on the grounds of the United States Naval Observatory. Vice Presidents have welcomed countless guests to the residence, including foreign leaders and dignitaries. …

In such a situation, the House chooses one of the top three presidential electoral vote-winners as the president, while the Senate chooses one of the top two vice presidential electoral vote-winners as vice president.

To balance the role of the House in breaking presidential ties, the Twelfth Amendment requires the Senate to handle that responsibility for deadlocked vice-presidential contests. The Senate must choose between the two top electoral vote recipients, with at least two-thirds of the Senate’s members voting.