Ulysses S. Grant Corrupt

Ulysses S. Grant was a great general, and a great president for many reasons. One may look at the first major win for the Union as a great pivot point for them, and guess who was leading them, General Grant. While in his presidency, he established the national park service, which includes a list of nearly 79000 parks, national monuments, historic battlegrounds, and memorials. He also pushed through the ratification of the 15th amendment, the right of voting for blacks, and all other races in the U.S. Although Grant was a perfectly honest president, most of his associates were corrupt which tarnished his presidency by various scandals. Although his presidency was tarnished with corrupt politicians, his early life was considerably better.

Ulysses S. Grant was born April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. In his early days he attended public school and later was enrolled in private schools, for his mastery of mathematics and geology. For his first job, he had two choices. One, work as a tanner (A person who colors animal hides for clothing) which was his mother's profession, or two, work on his father's farm. At first he tried tannery with his mother, which he soon grew to hate, So he chose the other option of working with his father on the farm. With this job, he grew a great bond with horses, which is why he always had the greatest, most …show more content…
Hamer nominated him for the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. At this time, Thomas Hamer miss wrote his name as Ulysses “S.” Grant (the s means nothing), and that name was adopted with him for the rest of his military career. He graduated from the academy in 1843, with a rank of 21st out of his 39 classmates. His mindset was to be in the cavalry riding a horse, but at the time, assignments were determined by your rank, so Ulysses was appointed to the 4th infantry regiment, where he became regimental quartermaster, with a rank of second