In 1868, Grant was the obvious choice for the Republican nomination and he handily won the election that November. Ulysses S. Grant was set to become the 18th President of the United States.

That president was Ulysses S. Grant, and it happened while he was in office. In 1872, President Grant was speeding down a Washington, D.C., street in his horse and buggy.

On this day in history, Ulysses S. Grant, a West Point graduate and the 18th president of the United States, died of throat cancer in New York at the age of 63.

When President Ulysses S. Grant Was ... but they’re believed to center on a $130,000 payoff made to an adult-film actress during the 2016 presidential election. Comparatively, Grant’s ...

Ulysses S. Grant’s Need for Speed. John Marszalek, the executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, said in a 2018 interview with NPR that Grant—born April 27, 1822, in ...

More than 150 years before former President Donald Trump was arrested, a sitting president, Ulysses S. Grant, was in trouble with the law. Grant was an apparent speed demon with his horse and buggy.

In 1872, President Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for speeding on his horse-drawn carriage in Washington, DC. Grant ultimately paid a $20 bond but didn't show up to court.

Right across Iowa’s border, snuggled next to Dubuque, is Galena, Illinois, where Ulysses S. Grant was residing when he was elected our 18th president.

This was meant to be the legacy of President Ulysses S. Grant, but as his time in office came to a close the controversial election of 1876 occurred leading to the subsequent end to Reconstruction.

Donald Trump will be the first president to be arrested in over 150 years since 19th cetnry president and Civil War hero Ulysses S. Grant was cuffed in 1872 for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage.

Grant was released on a $20 bond, now equivalent to around $430, after his arrest. More than 150 years before former President Donald Trump was indicted, a sitting president, Ulysses S. Grant, was ...

President Ulysses S. Grant was arrested after speeding in a horse-drawn buggy near the White House in 1872. ... Records show that Trump’s finances were shaky before he was elected to a second term.