Election of 1872

By: Kristen White and Anna Tucker

Ulysses S. Grant

• Born: Pleasant Point, Ohio on April 27, 1822

• School: attended public school in Georgetown until his father sent him to West Point Military Academy

• Best Known For: being the Union Commander in the Civil War; President of the United States of America from 1868-1876

Horace Greeley

• Born: February 3, 1811 in Amherst, New Hampshire

• School: his formal education ended when he was 14

• Best Known For: running against Ulysses S. Grant in the presidential election of 1872

The Election

• Grant: Radical Republican

• Greeley: Liberal Republican

• Who Won: Ulysses S. Grant

• Problems Faced By the New President: new political party (Liberal Republicans); the “Panic of 1873”; problems regarding African-Americans and their rights; issues regarding the Ku Klux Klan

Citations• O'Brien, Steven G. "Ulysses S. Grant." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2010. Web. 5

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