ANDREW JOHNSON (1865-1869) — 17. JOHNSON

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Ulysses S. Grant
(born Hiram Ulysses Grant)

BORN:
April 27, 1822,
Point Pleasant, Ohio

DIED:
July 23, 1885 (age 63)
Wilton, New York

EDUCATION:
U.S. Military Academy (BS)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
1864-1869:
Commanding General of the U.S. Army
1867-1868:
Acting U.S. Secretary of War
1869-1877:
18th President of the United States

FIRST LADY:

VICE PRESIDENTS:

RESOURCES:

General Ulysses S. Grant at his Cold Harbor, Virginia Headquarters in June 1864. (Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
White House
UVA Miller Center
American Presidents: (C-SPAN)
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
Library of Congress
Mississippi State University
American Presidency Project (UCSB)

GENERAL BACKGROUND:
Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library
Library of Congress Resource Guide

RECOMMENDED BOOKS:

1868 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
ULYSSES S. GRANT (PRESIDENT)
SCHUYLER COLFAX (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 214 (72.8%)
Popular Vote: 3,013,650 (52.7%)

DEMOCRATS:
HORATIO SEYMOUR (PRESIDENT)
FRANCIS BLAIR, JR. (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 80 (27.2%)
Popular Vote: 2,708,744 (47.3%)

1869 INAUGURATION:

President Ulysses S. Grant delivering his first inaugural address on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol on March 4, 1869 (National Archives)

1869 Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
New York Times Coverage
U.S. Senate
Wikipedia

1872 ELECTION:

REPUBLICANS:
ULYSSES S. GRANT (PRESIDENT)
HENRY WILSON (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 286 (81.9%)
Popular Vote: 3,598,468 (55.6%)

DEMOCRATS:
HORACE GREELEY (PRESIDENT)
BENJAMIN BROWN (VICE PRESIDENT)
Electoral Vote: 0 (0%)
Popular Vote: 2,835,315 (43.8%)

NOTE:
Horace Greeley did not receive any electoral votes because he died on November 29, 1872, which was after election day but before the Electoral College met. His electoral votes were distributed among four individuals: Thomas A. Hendricks (42 votes), Benjamin G. Brown (18 votes), Charles J. Jenkins (2 votes), and David Davis (1 vote).

1873 INAUGURATION:

1873 Inaugural Address
Library of Congress
U.S. Senate
National Park Service
Wikipedia

GRANT ADMINISTRATION:

President Grant and his Cabinet (Harper’s Weekly, April 3, 1869)

SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR:
Jacob D. Cox, Jr. (1869–1870)
Columbus Delano (1870–1875)
Zachariah T. Chandler (1875–1877)

ATTORNEY GENERAL:
Ebenezer R. Hoar (1869–1870)
Amos T. Akerman (1870–1871)
George H. Williams (1871–1875)
Edwards Pierrepont (1875–1876)
Alphonso Taft (1876–1877)

SECRETARY OF THE NAVY:
Adolph E. Borie (1869)
George M. Robeson (1869–1877)

POSTMASTER GENERAL:
John A. J. Creswell (1869–1874)
James W. Marshall (1874)
Marshall Jewell (1874–1876)
James N. Tyner (1876–1877)

SECRETARY OF STATE:
Elihu B. Washburne (1869)
Hamilton Fish (1869–1877)

SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY:
George S. Boutwell (1869–1873)
William A. Richardson (1873–1874)
Benjamin H. Bristow (1874–1876)
Lot M. Morrill (1876–1877)

SECRETARY OF WAR:
John A. Rawlins (1869)
William T. Sherman (1869)
William W. Belknap (1869–1876)
Alphonso Taft (1876)
James D. Cameron (1876–1877)

OTHER ADVISORS/ STAFF:
Orville E. Babcock
Adam Badeau
Horace Porter

SUPREME COURT NOMINEES:

The Supreme Court in 1868. Left to right: Justices Stephen J. Field, Samuel F. Miller, Nathan Clifford and Samuel Nelson, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, and Justices Robert C. Grier, Noah H. Swayne, and David Davis (Photo Credit: Matthew Brady, Supreme Court Collection)

Caleb Cushing (Withdrawn)
George H. Williams (Withdrawn)
Ebenezer R. Hoar (Not Confirmed)
Edwin Stanton (died after confirmation and before assuming office)
William Strong (1870-1880)
Joseph P. Bradley (1870-1892)
Ward Hunt (1872-1882)
Morrison R. Waite (1874-1888)

CONGRESS:

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE:
Theodore M. Pomeroy (1869)
James G. Blaine (1869-1875)
Samuel J. Randall (1876-1881)

HISTORIC SITES:

The Grant Home
Ulysses Grant National Historic Site
General Grant National Memorial