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Ulysses S. Grant

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Ulysses S. Grant

18th U.S. President


Who was Ulysses S. Grant?

Ulysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States.

He was born Hiram Ulysses Grant on 27 April 1822 in Clermont, Ohio, to Jesse and Hannah (Simpson) Grant. He reportedly changed his name to Ulysses S. Grant after his Congressman accidently nominated him to West Point as “Ulysses S. Grant of Ohio.” He apparently liked the initials U.S. and decided to keep the name. Although he is known today as Ulysses Simpson Grant (Simpson being his mother's maiden name), he is reported to have said that the “S” didn't actually stand for anything.

U.S. Civil War

By the end of the Civil War, General Ulysses S. Grant was probably the most popular man in America ... at least in the North. His success at leading the Union Army to victory in the second half of the Civil War resulted in General Grant accepting General Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomatox. This popularity would lead to Grant becoming the 18th President.

Famous Kin

The ancestry of President Grant traces back through colonial New England leading to family connections with people involved in some of America's most memorable historical events. He is a Mayflower descendant through Richard Warren, as well as a cousin to the chief judge and prosecutor at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692, Massachusetts Bay Governor William Stoughton.

President Grant has some interesting political connections as well with relations to numerous former Presidents, as well as some of Hollywood's most memorable characters.


Some of the most recently added connections of famous kin for Ulysses S. Grant

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Charles King

9th President of Columbia College

5th cousin 1 time removed
via Elizabeth Stoughton

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Jon Meacham

Author and Historian

5th cousin 6 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Jon Meacham

Author and Historian

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Kate Brown

38th Governor of Oregon

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Elizabeth Stoughton

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Joan Staley

TV and Movie Actress

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Richard Warren

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Alonzo H. Clark

Editor of Smithsonian Institution

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Stephen Tracy

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Joan Staley

TV and Movie Actress

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Rev. Thomas Stoughton

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Alonzo M. Clark

16th Governor of Wyoming

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Stephen Tracy

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Samuel P. Colt

Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert White

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Samuel P. Colt

Founder of U.S. Rubber Co. (now Uniroyal)

6th cousin 1 time removed
via Richard Warren

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Jerry Van Dyke

TV and Movie Actor

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Philip Delano

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Betty Gilpin

TV and Movie Actress

7th cousin 5 times removed
via Rev. Thomas Stoughton

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Drew Gilpin Faust

28th President of Harvard University

6th cousin 6 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Hiram Percy Maxim

Radio Pioneer and Inventor

7th cousin 4 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu

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Sir Hiram

Maxim

5th cousin 1 time removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Sir Hiram

Maxim

7th cousin 3 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu

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Hiram Percy Maxim

Radio Pioneer and Inventor

5th cousin 2 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Mike Castle

69th Governor of Delaware

6th cousin 5 times removed
via Rev. John Lothrop

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Colin Jost

Comedian, Actor, Writer

7th cousin 7 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu

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Harry Gordon Selfridge

Founder, Selfridges & Co.

7th cousin 2 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu

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Rome Odunze

NFL Wide Receiver

7th cousin 6 times removed
via Jacques Mahieu

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Harry Gordon Selfridge

Founder, Selfridges & Co.

7th cousin 1 time removed
via Robert White

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Henry John Heinz III

U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania

5th cousin 5 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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Henry John Heinz II

CEO of the H.J. Heinz Company

5th cousin 4 times removed
via Nathaniel Warren

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