At the time of Ulysses S. Grant's election to the presidency, white supremacists were conducting a reign of terror throughout the South. In outright defiance of the ...

Trump has repeatedly floated the idea of a third term, including likening himself to a ‘king,’ though his previous mentions seemed more like banter in front of large crowds of his supporters.

Ulysses S. Grant continued the American tradition of electing military figures as presidents—those men who led and won key battles in war. Attempting to be apolitical, Grant campaigned on the ...

In 1868, Grant was the obvious choice for the Republican nomination and he handily won the election that November. Ulysses S. Grant was set to become the 18th President of the United States.

Advertisement Grant’s love of cigars was well-known in his time. A song was produced for his 1868 campaign titled “For President Ulysses S. Grant: A Smoking his Cigar,” and in 1884 one ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Southern Illinois University Edwardsville history professor Erik Alexander talked about what America was like in 1869 and provided an overview of the ...

An attempt to cut down on the illegal cotton trade, Grant’s decision, announced on this day in 1862, was immensely controversial and hounded him for years Eli Wizevich The Union general directly ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University is home to the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, a massive collection of correspondence, research notes, artifacts, photographs and memorabilia by ...

“Grant’s approach to Reconstruction was more than a domestic policy—it was an international movement,” Semmes said. “His ...

The legend of lobbying is that it began in a Washington, D.C., hotel when people would wait for Ulysses S. Grant, pressing the ... and it’s fine. State campaign finance rules also don’t ...