Grant

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?