Ulysses Simpson Grant Ulysses Simpson Grant was born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio to a very patriotic family who boasted American roots for generations. In 1839 Grant’s father enrolled him in the U.S. Military Academy, West Point. Grant was quoted later to saying, “A military life had no charms for me, to get through the course, secure a detail for a few years as assistant professor of mathematics at the Academy and afterwards obtain …showed first 75 words of 473 total…

…showed last 75 words of 473 total…second term was a hurricane of scandal and did not go well. Ulysses Simpson Grant died from throat cancer. His death was a quiet one on July 23, 1885. I think that Ulysses Grant was very intelligent when it came to things dealing with war. However, in terms of accomplishments while he was in office and on a moral level, I believe he probably wasn’t the best person to be the President of the United States.