Today, we commemorate the 200th anniversary of Ulysses S. Grant’s birthday. Born to humble beginnings, this great defender of America won our bloodiest war, trampled the dark forces of disunion, and ...

American political thinking has a way of coalescing around concepts that hold the public’s attention for a time, then fade. “Temperament,” for example, is on many tongues this election season, after ...

Former President Ulysses S. Grant was a military man through and through which could help explain why his favorite breakfast ...

American Ulysses. A new look at the extraordinary life of President Ulysses S. Grant. A portion of the cover of "American Ulysses" by Ronald White. (Courtesy Random House) At nearly 40, Ulysses S.

If President Ulysses S. Grant were to step into office today, he would find a familiar scene: A divided nation scarred by violence, a recalcitrant Congress, a hostile media, and a sense that the very ...

AMERICAN ULYSSES: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant, by Ronald C. White. Random House, 826 pp., $35. A mix-up on his first day at West Point in 1839 bestowed the name Ulysses S. Grant on the young cadet born ...

Butcher. Alcoholic. Anti-Semite. For more than a century the misconceptions and tainted legacy of Ulysses S. Grant centered either on that of a tactician inferior to Gen. Robert E. Lee or a rube ...

Guy Gugliotta, Grant’s Enforcer: Taking Down the Klan. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2025. 296 pp.

Ronald C. White is the author of "American Ulysses: A Life of Ulysses S. Grant" (2016). Friends at the Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site near St. Louis tell me most visitors arrive with little ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—The Ulysses S. Grant Association and the U.S. Grant Presidential Library at Mississippi State University are kicking off a celebration of the 18th president’s bicentennial year with ...

The country was in rough shape when President Ulysses S. Grant took office in 1869. Some pundits and political scientists have speculated the United States is at risk of another civil war, albeit one ...

Every great American tale starts with two things: A battle for freedom and a stiff drink. Ulysses S. Grant's story is no different. Before becoming the 18 th President of the United States, he was a ...