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Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant1818thth President President
RepublicanRepublican
1869-18761869-1876
“Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately you occasionally find men disgrace labor”
1868 election1868 election
• VOTE AS YOU SHOT!
• WAVING THE BLOODY SHIRT!
Now we can get some work done!Now we can get some work done!
• Transcontinental Railroad-1869
WorkersWorkers
• Crocker
• Stanford
• Casement
• Huntington
1515thth Amendment Amendment
• Hiram Revels-1st black senator, takes DAVIS seat, 1870!
Yellowstone National Park-1872Yellowstone National Park-1872
Era of Good “Stealings!”Era of Good “Stealings!”
Fisk-Gould-1869
Credit-Mobilier-1872
$72 million contracts for
$53 million dollars work
VP Schuyler Colfax in on it!
Tweed Ring- Tammany HallTweed Ring- Tammany Hall
200 million dollars taken from NY taxpayers!
Samuel Tilden prosecuted him
Caught in Spain!
Grant us another term?Grant us another term?
What if…What if…
• Horace Greeley died three weeks after the election!
• 0 electoral votes!
• Newspaper editor and a republican who was critical of Grant
Also…Susan B. Anthony votes!Also…Susan B. Anthony votes!
Women’s Christian Temperance Women’s Christian Temperance Movement-1873Movement-1873
Comstock lawsComstock laws
• NO "obscene, lewd, and/or lascivious" materials through the mail, including contraceptive devices and information.
Anthony Comstock
U.S. Postal inspector
22ndnd term… “era of good stealings term… “era of good stealings continue!”continue!”
• Whiskey Ring-1875
William BelknapAppointed appoint Caleb Marsh to lead
an Indian post in exchange for $24,000!
Also- Panic of 1873Also- Panic of 1873
• Jay Cooke and Co. goes bankrupt-RR investments!
• Fisk Gould
• Paying costs of War
Battle of Little Big Horn-1876Battle of Little Big Horn-1876• Custer’s Last Stand- Montana• Paha Sapa• 200 U.S. Calvary killed, led by Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull
Grant us Grant us a third a third term?term?
NO!NO!
LegacyLegacy
Lobbyist!Lobbyist!
• The Willard Hotel
Grant’s tomb-ManhattanGrant’s tomb-Manhattan
• 1822–1885
• Who’s buried in Grant’s tomb?
• Funeral service-President, Cabinet, Congress, and Supreme Court
Flawed success or abject failure?Flawed success or abject failure?