18th President of the U.S.
Ulysses S. Grant
(Photo Courtesy of Library of Congress)
President Ulysses S. Grant: First Inaugural Address (March 4, 1869)
This requires security of person, property, and free religious and political opinion in every part of our common country, without regard to local prejudice. All laws to secure these ends will receive my best efforts for their enforcement.
(Source: Miller Center-University of Virginia)
Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27, 1822 in Point Pleasant, Ohio. His remains, and those of his wife Julia, lie in the General Grant National Memorial in New York.
