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Noun

1. grant, hiram ulysses grant, president grant, ulysses grant, ulysses s. grant, ulysses simpson grant

18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885)

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Ulysses Simpson Grant

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The 18th president of the United States (1869-1877) and a Civil War general. After his victorious Vicksburg campaign (1862-1863), he was made commander in chief of the Union Army (1864) and accepted the surrender of Gen. Robert E. Lee at Appomattox (1865). Grant's two-term presidency was marred by widespread graft and corruption.

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