Ulysses S. Grant served as U.S. general and commander of the Union armies during the late years of the American Civil War, later becoming the 18th U.S. president.

• Ulysses S. Grant was an American soldier, politician, and international statesman who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. During the American Civil War, General Grant, with President Abraham Lincoln, led the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy.
• Born: April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, OH
• Died: July 23, 1885, Wilton, NY
• Full name: Hiram Ulysses Grant
• Presidential term: March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
• Buried: August 8, 1885, General Grant National Memorial, New York, NY
• Party: Republican Party
• Ulysses S. Grant, here shortly before his death, was the first president to write a memoir.
• First president born in Ohio.
• First president to have had a mustache.
• First president educated at the United States Military Academy.
• First president to have been a four-star general.
• First president to have served as commanding general of the United States Army, though Washington held a similar post under a different name.
• First president to have both parents alive during his presidency (His father Jesse Root Grant died in 1873, and his mother Hannah Simpson Grant died in 1883).
• First president to veto more than fifty bills.
• First president to visit Ireland, Egypt, China, and Japan. (In 1878–79, after leaving the presidency.)
• First president to publish his memoirs.
• First president to issue more than 40 pocket vetoes.
• First president to issue more than 100 executive orders
• First president to attend a synagogue service while in office