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Ulysses Simpson Grant (1822-1885) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant; "Savior of the
Union"; "Lion of Vicksburg"; "The
Austerlitz of American Politics"; "Unconditional
Surrender Grant"; "The Galena Tanner";
"The Silent Soldier"; "The Silent
General" —
of Galena, Jo Daviess
County, Ill.
Born in Point Pleasant, Clermont
County, Ohio, April 27,
1822.
Republican. General in the Union Army during the Civil War; President
of the United States, 1869-77; candidate for Republican
nomination for President, 1880.
Methodist.
Scottish
ancestry. Member, Loyal
Legion.
Elected to the Hall
of Fame for Great Americans in 1900. His portrait appears on the
U.S. $50
bill, and also appeared on $1
and $5 silver certificates in 1887-1927.
Died of throat cancer, at Mt. McGregor, Saratoga
County, N.Y., July 23,
1885 (age 63 years, 87
days).
Interment at General
Grant Memorial, Manhattan, N.Y.
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Relatives:
Married, August
22, 1848, to Julia Boggs Dent; father of Frederick
Dent Grant and Ulysses
Simpson Grant, Jr.; grandfather of Nellie Grant (who married William
Pigott Cronan). See Grant
family of Connecticut. |
| | | Cross-reference: Horace
Porter — Ayres
Phillips Merrill — Robert
Martin Douglas |
| | | Grant counties in Ark., Kan., La., Minn., Neb., N.M., N.Dak., Okla., Ore., S.Dak., Wash. and W.Va. are
named for him. |
| | | Other politicians named for him: Ulysses
G. Denman
— S. U.
G. Rhodes
— U.
S. Grant Leverett
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| | | Personal motto: "When in doubt,
fight." |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Ulysses S. Grant: Jean
Edward Smith, Grant —
Frank J. Scaturro, President
Grant Reconsidered — William S. McFeely, Grant
: A Biography — William S. McFeely, Ulysses
S. Grant: An Album: Warrior, Husband, Traveler, Emancipator,
Writer — Brooks D. Simpson, Ulysses
S. Grant: Triumph Over Adversity, 1822-1865 — Brooks
D. Simpson, Let
Us Have Peace: Ulysses S. Grant and the Politics of War and
Reconstruction, 1861-1868 — James S. Brisbin, The
campaign lives of Ulysses S. Grant and Schuyler Colfax (out of
print) — Josiah Bunting III, Ulysses
S. Grant — Michael Korda, Ulysses
S. Grant : The Unlikely Hero — Edward H. Bonekemper,
A
Victor, Not a Butcher: Ulysses S. Grant's Overlooked Military
Genius — Harry J. Maihafer, The
General and the Journalists: Ulysses S. Grant, Horace Greeley, and
Charles Dana |
| | | Critical books about Ulysses S. Grant:
Nathan Miller, Star-Spangled
Men : America's Ten Worst Presidents |
| | | Fiction about Ulysses S. Grant: Newt
Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Grant
Comes East — Newt Gingrich & William R. Forstchen, Never
Call Retreat : Lee and Grant: The Final Victory |
| | | Image source: Portrait & Biographical
Album of Washtenaw County (1891) |
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Granville Henderson Oury (1825-1891) —
also known as Granville H. Oury —
of Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz.; Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz.; Florence, Pinal
County, Ariz.
Born in Abingdon, Washington
County, Va., March 12,
1825.
Democrat. Delegate
from Arizona Territory to the Confederate Provisional Congress,
1861-62; served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; member
of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives; elected 1866, 1873, 1875;
Arizona
territory attorney general, 1869; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Arizona Territory, 1881-85; defeated, 1878;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Arizona Territory, 1884.
Died of throat cancer, in Tucson, Pima
County, Ariz., January
11, 1891 (age 65 years, 305
days).
Interment at Adamsville
Cemetery, Near Florence, Pinal County, Ariz.
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Frederick Dent Grant (1850-1912) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in St.
Louis, Mo., May 30,
1850.
Son of Ulysses
Simpson Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant (1826-1902).
Army officer; U.S. Minister to Austria-Hungary, 1889-93; New York City Police Commissioner,
1894-98; general in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War.
Died, from throat cancer, April 11,
1912 (age 61 years, 317
days).
Interment at United States Military Academy Cemetery, West Point, N.Y.
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Maecenas Eason Benton (1848-1924) —
also known as Maecenas E. Benton —
of Neosho, Newton
County, Mo.
Born near Dyersburg, Dyer
County, Tenn., January
29, 1848.
Son of Thomas Benton and Mary Ellen Benton.
Democrat. Served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War; Newton
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1878-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 1885-89; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Missouri, 1896;
U.S.
Representative from Missouri 15th District, 1897-1905; defeated,
1904; delegate
to Missouri state constitutional convention, 1922-23.
Died, from carcinoma of larynx, in Springfield, Greene
County, Mo., April 27,
1924 (age 76 years, 89
days).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Neosho, Mo.
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Ulysses Simpson Grant, Jr. (1852-1929) —
also known as Ulysses S. Grant, Jr.; Buck
Grant —
of San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born in Bethel, Clermont
County, Ohio, July 22,
1852.
Son of Ulysses
Simpson Grant and Julia (Dent) Grant (1826-1902).
Republican. Lawyer;
delegate to Republican National Convention from California, 1896
(Convention
Vice-President), 1900;
Presidential Elector for California, 1904,
1908.
Died of throat cancer, in the Sandberg Lodge,
Sandberg, Los Angeles
County, Calif., September
25, 1929 (age 77 years, 65
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Park, San Diego, Calif.
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Thomas Coleman du Pont (1863-1930) —
also known as T. Coleman du Pont —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Louisville, Jefferson
County, Ky., December
11, 1863.
Son of Antoine Bidermann du Pont (1837-1923) and Ellen Susan
(Coleman) du Pont.
Republican. Engineer;
president, E.I. Du Pont de Nemours Powder
Co., 1902-15; president, Central Coal and Iron Co., and
other mining firms; director, Union National Bank; owner
of hotels;
Delaware
Republican state chair, 1904-12; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Delaware, 1908
(alternate), 1920,
1924,
1928;
member of Republican
National Committee from Delaware, 1908-30; candidate for
Republican nomination for President, 1916;
U.S.
Senator from Delaware, 1921-22, 1925-28; appointed 1921;
defeated, 1922; resigned 1928.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science; Union
League.
Died, from cancer of the larynx, in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., November
11, 1930 (age 66 years, 335
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at du
Pont Cemetery, Christiana, Del.
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Louis Henry Fead (1877-1943) —
also known as Louis H. Fead —
of Newberry, Luce
County, Mich.; Pleasant Ridge, Oakland
County, Mich.
Born in Lexington, Sanilac
County, Mich., May 2,
1877.
Son of John Lawrence Fead and Augusta (Walther) Fead.
Republican. Lawyer; Luce
County Prosecuting Attorney, 1901-12; vice-president, Newberry
State Bank; circuit
judge in Michigan 11th Circuit, 1913-28; resigned 1928; worked
with the Red Cross in France during and after World War I; justice of
Michigan state supreme court, 1928-37; appointed 1928; defeated,
1937; chief
justice of Michigan state supreme court, 1928, 1937.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Rotary;
Kiwanis;
Lions.
Died, from a heart
attack while suffering from throat cancer, in the
University Hospital,
Ann Arbor, Washtenaw
County, Mich., February
4, 1943 (age 65 years, 278
days).
Interment at Deepdale
Memorial Park, Near Lansing, Eaton County, Mich.
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Edward F. Clark (1898-1963) —
also known as Howie Clark —
of Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J.
Born in Bayonne, Hudson
County, N.J., May 1,
1898.
Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from New Jersey,
1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956
(alternate); mayor of
Bayonne, N.J., 1951-55.
Catholic.
Member, Kiwanis;
Elks.
Died, of throat cancer, in Pollak Hospital,
Jersey City, Hudson
County, N.J., December
27, 1963 (age 65 years, 240
days).
Interment at Holy
Name Cemetery, Jersey City, N.J.
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John Bartlow Martin (1915-1987) —
of Illinois.
Born in Hamilton, Butler
County, Ohio, August 3,
1915.
Son of John Martin and Laura Martin.
Journalist;
author;
speechwriter for Adlai
E. Stevenson, John
F. Kennedy, Robert
F. Kennedy, and Hubert
Humphrey; U.S. Ambassador to Dominican Republic, 1962-63.
Died, from throat cancer, in Highland Park Hospital,
Highland Park, Lake
County, Ill., January
3, 1987 (age 71 years, 153
days).
Original interment in unknown location; reinterment at Herman
Cemetery, Herman, Mich.
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Robert F. Brachtenbach (1931-2008) —
Born in Sidney, Cheyenne
County, Neb., January
28, 1931.
Son of Henry Brachtenbach and Elizabeth Brachtenbach.
Republican. Lawyer;
member of Washington
state house of representatives, 1962-66; justice of
Washington state supreme court, 1972-94.
Died, of throat cancer, in Cottage Grove, Lane
County, Ore., May 2,
2008 (age 77 years, 95
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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