10 Ulysses S. Grant Facts

Here are ten facts about Ulysses S. Grant, the United States' 18th president. Most known for his Civil War service, this video covers bits of trivia from various aspects of Grant's life

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4:57 Both Theodore Roosevelt and Herbert Hoover also had no living predecessors by the end of their terms.

[InvaderWeezle]

Hoover also had no living predecessors by the end of his term, although by the time this happened it was so late in his presidency that FDR was already the president-elect

[madraccoon]

We need another Ulysses S. Grant in office for sure.

[gmwdim]

Defended smaller kids from bullies? What a guy.

[johnfarmer]

Grant was a good hearted man who just trusted the wrong people.

[anthonyminimum]

0:30 People point to this as Grant being this evil slave owner when in reality he never wanted to own him nor did he ever need to

[RapidsLurker]

Theodore Roosevelt was also the only living former president when he left office. Benjamin Harrison had died in March 1901, William McKinley was assassinated in September 1901, and Grover Cleveland died in 1908.

[sst]

grants assessment of Lee is right on target; he did not perform well in his largest offensive battle at Gettysburg ; and after that many of his battles were defensive where he had the advantage of digging in; which required 3 to 1 numbers of attacking Union troops to win the day. He allowed himself to be trapped until too late to escape at Richmond/Petersburg area, which lead to his final surrender. Lee was just one of the Armies of the Confederacy, and is often mistaken for commander of the whole Southern armies, as Grant was commanding in the North. Grant was responsible to develop and execute a complete master plan of all Union Armies to defeat the South; where Lee just had to plan for his Army.

[EChan-iv]

1:35 - In the 1872 election, his opponent (Horace Greeley), died before he could even get his electoral votes.

[Aodhans]

Love the Presidential content, mabye you could do similar videos with state Governors.

[large_crab]

Would love if you did a video on some interesting presidential nominees who didn't end up winning. We all know the presidents but most of us don't know who they beat to get there.

[arkos]

We need an entire video on Grant's decedents, from ww1 officers to russian princesses

[ShogunLazo]

another thing about the slave he freed, he freed the slave when him and his family where dirt poor, when he could have sold him for a life changing amount of money, and he was also mocked regularly for working in the fields along side his father inlaw slaves ...

[edkienzler]

William Henry Harrison was a general also…

[akshaandubey]

grants wife had saved him from getting shot in ford theater his wife was 1st one to die in 1900s compared to other sucessors

[MineShackle]

I'm confused. Theodore Roosevelt was the only living president for the final months of his presidency before Taft took over and Herbert Hoover was the only living president for a month before FDR took office. Not as long as Ulysses but there was a brief time

[blakeburwell]

0:21 forgot about General Washington. Still he was 11 years older than Grant when he got into office.

[douglassauvageau]

Upon leaving the Presidency, Grant took his wife Julia on a protracted and well deserved tour of Europe. No other American since Benjamin Franklin had received such a universally adulatory reception from the 'old world'.

[nathanielhermanson]

I’m waiting for Rutherford Hayes 10 facts

[jeffe]

Who's buried in Grant's tomb?