Birth: Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822

Ancestry: English-Scotch

Father: Jesse Root Grant

Mother: Hannah Simpson Grant

Brothers: Samuel Simpson Grant (1825-1861); Orvil Lynch Grant (1835-1881)

Sisters: Clara Rachel Grant (1828-1865); Virginia Paine Grant (1832-1881); Mary Frances Grant (1839-1898)

Religious Affiliation: Methodist

Education: Local Schools; United States Military Academy, West Point, New York

Occupations Before Presidency: Soldier; Farmer; Real Estate Agent; Leather Store Clerk

Military Service: 2nd lieutenant in 4th United States Infantry (1843) ; Captain (1853); Brigade General (1861); General in Chief of Union Army (1864)

Inauguration Age: 46

Occupations After Presidency: Businessman; Writer

Death: Mount McGregor, New York, July 23, 1885

Place of Burial: Grant's Tomb, New York, New York

Inauguration: May 4, 1869; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Schuyler Colfax

Secretary of State: Elihu B. Washburne; Hamilton Fish (from March 17, 1869)

Secretary of the Treasury: George S. Bourwell

Secretary of War: John A Rawlins; William T. Sherman (from September 11, 1869); William W. Belknap (from November 1, 1869)

Attorney General: Ebenezer R. Hoar; Amos T. Akerman (from July 8, 1870); George H. Williams (from January 10, 1872)

Postmaster General: John A. J. Creswell

Secretary of the Navy: Adolph E. Borie; George M. Robeson (from June 25, 1869)

Secretary of the Interior: Jacob D. Cox; Columbus Delano (from November 1, 1870)

Supreme Court Appointments: William Strong (1870); Joseph P. Bradley (1870); Ward Hunt (1872)

Congress #41 (March 4, 1869-March 3, 1871):

Senate: 61 Republicans; 11 Democrats

House: 170 Republicans; 73 Democrats

Congress #42 (March 4, 1871-March 3, 1873):

Senate: 57 Republicans; 17 Democrats

House: 139 Republicans; 104 Democrats

Inauguration: March 4, 1873; The Capitol, Washington, D.C.

Vice President: Henry Wilson

Secretary of State: Hamilton Fish

Secretary of the Treasury: William A. Richardson; Benjamin H. Bristow (from June 4, 1874); Lot M. Morrill (from July 7, 1876)

Secretary of War: William W. Belknap; Alphonso Taft (from March 11, 1876); James D. Cameron (from June 1, 1876)

Attorney General: George H. Williams; Edward Pierrepont (from May 15, 1875); Alphonso Taft (from June 1, 1876)

Postmaster General: John A. J. Creswell; James W. Marshall (from July 7, 1874); Marshall Jewell (from September 1, 1874); James N. Tyner (from July 12, 1876)

Secretary of the Navy: George M. Robeson

Secretary of the Interior: Columbus Delano; Zachariah Chandler (from October 19, 1875)

Supreme Court Appointment: Morrison R. Waite, Chief Justice (1874)

Congress #43 (December 1, 1873-March 3, 1875):

Senate: 54 Republicans; 19 Democrats

House: 203 Republicans; 88 Democrats

Congress #44 (December 6, 1875-March 3, 1877):

Senate: 46 Republicans; 29 Democrats

House: 181 Republicans; 107 Democrats

State Admitted: Colorado (1876)