Portrayed by Larry Clowers

Ulysses S. Grant was a man who didn’t succeed until his 30’s, a General who won the Civil War, a President who lost the confidence of his country, and a man who loved his wife and family.

As a General in the Civil War, he was a military commander who would do anything he could for his president and Lincoln was a President who would give his General anything he wanted. But, the Union had an army of egos who could not come together as a coalition to win the war. Without General Grant, there would have been a country-splitting tie. It could be said that President Lincoln saved the Union and General Grant transformed the Union into a Nation.

As President, Grant was decidedly less effective. Working toward Reconstruction, he fought Ku Klux Klan violence and led the way to the signing and enforcement of civil rights laws that enabled elections of African Americans to Congress and state governments for the first time. Fair-minded, he appointed Eli Parker, a full-blooded Indian from New York State, as Indian Commissioner. But a shortage of funds and corruption by Grant’s appointees, friends of Grant, meant that maybe 25 cents on the dollar that had been appropriated went to fund Indian treaties. The Panic of 1873 and subsequent economic depression, Grant’s poor choices for appointments and his refusal to withdraw support for his friends, resulted in high ideals backed by meager funds and diminishing political support. Yet, President Grant summoned enough strength to provide for his family by completing his memoirs, published with the help of Mark Twain, only days before his death.

Invite President or General Ulysses S. Grant to your Event:

• Keynote Speaker: Leadership Under Fire
• Educational Programs for Schools, Libraries, Museums and Historical Sites, military organizations, veteran associations, attorneys: 45 minutes plus Q & A
• Additional Program: Ulysses and Julia Dent Grant
• Parties: Meet & Greet, Mix & Mingle, Propose Toasts, Pose for Photo Ops
• Pair with: Julia Dent Grant, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and other Civil War characters
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Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885)

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