... fact that President Andrew Johnson was still in office bothered many Senators. During the recess of the trial, people left to attend the national convention in Chicago. At this event, Ulysses S. Grant was nominated for president. Charles Sumner was not satisfied with the candidate choice as usual. Instead he thought of Henry Wilson, but his colleague failed to back him. Charles ... ...
... of bad luck to befall these Ohio presidents. The next two Ohio presidents where the creators of their own misfortune in office. The first of these two men is President Ulysses Grant. President Grant, born to an Ohio tanner, ascended to the presidency as a national hero but left a broken man.(2) Grant prior to being elected president had had no political training ... ...
... in nearly every battle of the war. Military leadership proved substantial in numbers and often excellent in quality. Over two hundred Ohioans reached the rank of general; among them were Ulysses S. Grant, Philip H. Sheridan, and William T. Sherman.# Although these men were very prominent in Ohio during the Civil War, the book For the Union: Ohio leaders in the Civil War focuses ... ...
