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Ulysses S. Grant born Hiram Ulysses Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
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At seventeen Grant went to West Point where he graduated 21/39th .
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Grant proposed to Julia Grant in 1844, but was drafted for the Mexican-American War and they couldn't marry for four years.
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Julia and Ulysses married after he came back from serving in the Mexican-American War.
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Their first child is born.
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Their second child is born.
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In 1853 Grant got the Captain title, but with rumors of an alcohol problem spreading, he resigned a year later.
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Nellie their second daughter was born. Their first daughter died at birth.
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Jesse, their last child is born.
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Grant was a Commanding General during the Civil War for the Union.
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Grant was a promoted from a Captain to a General for the Civil War.
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Grant was a Commanding General before he was elected president.
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Grant served his first term of presidency, with Schuyler Colfax as his vice president.
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Grant initiated the 15th Amendment that gave everyone the right to vote no matter race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
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Grant served his final term as president with Henry Wilson as his vice president. At the end of his term he apologized for all the political corruption other officers were involved in.
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Ulysses S. Grant died in 1885 from throat cancer. He was said to have been a heavy cigar smoker.
