Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant (April 27 , 1822 - July
23 , 1885) was an American Civil War General and the 18th (1869
- 1877) President of the United States. Term of Office: March 4
, 1869 - March 4 , 1877 Date of Birth April 27 , 1822 Place of
Birth: Point Pleasant, Ohio Date of Death: July 23 , 1885 Place
of Death: Mount McGregor, New York First Lady : Julia Boggs Dent
Political Party : Vice President : BiographyGrant (born Hiram
Ulysses Grant ) was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio , Clermont
County, Ohio (25 miles above Cincinnati on the Ohio River ) to
Jesse R. and Hannah Simpson Grant. His father and also his
mother's father were born in Pennsylvania . His father was a
tanner. In the fall of 1823 they moved to the village of
Georgetown in Brown County, Ohio, where Grant spent most of his
time until he was 17. At the age of 17, he received a cadetship
to the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York
through his Congressman . The Congressman erroneously registered
him as Ulysses S. Grant,