Amy Davidson Sorkin writes on Ron Chernow’s biography of Ulysses S. Grant and the parallels between the midterms of 1866, with dissent mounting against President Andrew Johnson, and the run-up ...

Grant’s re-election in 1872 came as something of a surprise, since he won 56 percent of the vote, three percentage points better than his margin of victory in 1868. Yet, as Mr. Bordewich observes, ...

If Trump’s critics want to justify booting him out of office, here’s the president they should cite for historical inspiration: Ulysses S. Grant.

Grant’s place in U.S. history would be ... Ulysses S. Grant. ... vigorously supported during his presidency as well as in his preceding four years as the general of the Army under Andrew Johnson.

Ulysses S. Grant, inaugurated as president 150 years ago today, ... For nearly four years, Americans had suffered through the tumultuous presidency of Andrew Johnson, ...

One hundred fifty years ago, in Appomattox Court House, Virginia, Ulysses S. Grant won the Civil War.* ... after Abraham Lincoln’s assassination and the terrible tenure of Andrew Johnson, ...

Today marks the birthday of Ulysses Grant, who played a unique role in American history. Here is a look at a military leader who later became President in one of the nation’s most troubled decades.

Grant really, during the reconstruction period, was one of the most powerful men in Washington, Andrew Johnson notwithstanding. And Grant pushed reconstruction in the South.

TO RESCUE THE REPUBLIC: Ulysses S. Grant, The Fragile Union and the Crisis of 1876. By Brett Bair. ... Andrew Johnson, who as vice president was sworn in after Lincoln’s death, ...

"The Man Who Saved the Union," by H.W. Brands. This June 1864 file photo shows former US Lt. General Ulysses S. Grant standing by a tree in front of a tent in Cold Harbor, Virginia. Grant was ...

Two hundred years after his birth, Ulysses S. Grant remains an American leader who deserves more appreciation. ... President Andrew Johnson.