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Definition of Hiram Ulysses Grant
1. Noun. 18th President of the United States; commander of the Union armies in the American Civil War (1822-1885).
Generic synonyms: Full General, General, Chief Executive, President, President Of The United States, United States President
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hiram Ulysses Grant
Literary usage of Hiram Ulysses Grant
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Edinburgh Review by Sydney Smith (1869)
"Certain it is that the ex-captain Hiram Ulysses Grant,* leaving St. Louis and
its temptations behind him, turned towards Galena in Illinois, ..."
2. Wit, Wisdom and Foibles of the Great: Together with Numerous Anecdotes by Charles Anthony Shriner (1918)
"World, New York. baptized Hiram Ulysses Grant. . . . Confounding the name Ulysses
with that of his younger brother he [Congressman Thomas L. Hamer] asked ..."
3. Boys' Life of General Grant by Thomas Wallace Knox (1899)
"—Hiram Ulysses Grant. — - Boyhood of Ulysses. — His iirst smell of powder.
— Fondness for horses. — His skill as a rider. — Hauling wood and carrying ..."
4. The Democratic Speaker's Hand-book by A R Cazauran (1868)
"... and sent the name in Ulysses S. Grant instead of Hiram Ulysses Grant My son
tried in vain afterward to get it set right by the authorities, ..."
5. American Prose: Selections by George Rice Carpenter (1898)
"... ULYSSES S. GRANT [Hiram Ulysses Grant was born at Point Pleasant, in southern
Ohio, April 27, 1822. His father, Jesse R. Grant, was a young tanner of ..."
6. Military History of Ulysses S. Grant: From April, 1861, to April, 1865 by Adam Badeau (1885)
"Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on the 27th of April, 1822, at Point Pleasant,
Clermont county, Ohio. His father was of Scotch descent, and a dealer in leather ..."
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