- Portrayed by Jared Harris in Lincoln (2012).
- Created Yellowstone National Park in 1872, the first national park in American history.
- Has been praised for his record on civil rights for African-Americans, with many seeing him as being far ahead of his time on the issue.
- Was known as an animal lover. He never went hunting, once left a bullfight in Mexico in disgust, thought horse racing was abusive to the horses, and as a general responded to a drover beating a pair of horses by having the man arrested and tied to a tree for six hours.
- 18th President of the US (3/4/1869-3/4/1877).
- Inducted into the Ohio Veterans Hall of Fame in 1992 (inaugural class).
- The last President to ever own a slave.
- Historical scholars have rated him significantly higher than in the past, largely due to increased appreciation for his efforts against racial discrimination and fight against the Ku Klux Klan.
- Attempted to pass several progressive civil rights bills but they were all overturned by the Supreme Court.
- Despite suffering defeat at his hands, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee had great respect for Grant to the point of becoming hostile towards those he heard speak disrespectfully of him.
- He left the Union army in 1854 and struggled financially before rejoining the army in 1861, where he rapidly rose to the rank of general.
- Theodore Roosevelt considered him to be a President whose influence was on par with George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.
- Was an avid painter.
- Passed away just six months after his former Vice President, Schuyler Colfax.
- Was so highly thought of that at his funeral, two of his pallbearers were former Confederate generals.
- He had a fear of blood and would become faint seeing it anywhere other than a battlefield.
- Was a voracious reader and known for being an eloquent writer; his autobiography is considered the best written by a President.
- Became the first U.S. President to serve two full terms since Andrew Jackson.
- In 1880, he became the first U.S. President to run for a third term, unfortunately he did not get the nomination.
- He was known as being extremely quiet and shy, disliking extended social interactions.
- He was forty-six years old when inaugurated as President, making him the youngest person to hold the office up to that point and still the fourth youngest President overall.
- He rarely wore his official military uniform and even showed up to the Appomattox Courthouse surrender ceremony in dirty fatigues and was only let in because the Confederates knew him by sight.
- He was known as one of the best horsemen in the army.
- During his retirement, he was the first US president to travel the world and meet foreign leaders.
- He was the first four star general in the history of the US military, the rank having been created specifically for him.
- He is the third youngest person to be elected US president behind John F Kennedy and Bill Clinton.
- His first Secretary of State, Elihu B. Washburne resigned only eleven days after being sworn-in. Which is the shortest-served Presidential cabinet secretary who resigned.
- He was a very avid cigar smoker, often smoking more than half a dozen in a day during his presidency and even more during his time in the Civil War.
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