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Jesse Root Grant (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods shops in several different states throughout his adult life. He is best known as the father of Ulysses S. Grant and the one who introduced Ulysses to military life at West Point.
Jesse Root Grant II (February 6, 1858 – June 8, 1934) was an American politician. He was the youngest son of President Ulysses S. Grant and First Lady Julia Grant . He joined the Democratic Party and sought the party nomination for President , running against William Jennings Bryan in 1908.
May 24, 2024 · Jesse Root Grant in Wikipedia. Born, February 6, 1858, at Hardscrabble, near St. Louis. Attended Cornell University, studying engineering. He also attended Columbia Law School. He did not graduate from any college. Married on September 21, 1880, to Elizabeth Chapman. Children: Nellie Grant Cronan, Chapman Grant.
- Marie Kelsey
- 2013
Jesse (right) in 1866 with U.S. Grant, Jr. and Nellie. He was a man who had given some thought to religious matters, and had come to the conclusion that they were beyond human solution. And therefore, he bothered himself very little about the question of immortality of the soul and things like that.
Apr 7, 2022 · Ulysses S. Grant’s father, Jesse Root Grant, was a self-made man. He held strong abolitionist views. He provided well for his family, could be publicly outspoken and opinionated, and at times proved exasperating, including for the adult Grant.
Jesse Root Grant (January 23, 1794 – June 29, 1873) was an American farmer, tanner and successful leather merchant who owned tanneries and leather goods shops in several different states throughout his adult life. He is best known as the father of Ulysses S. Grant and the one who introduced Ulysses to military life at West Point.
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Jesse Root Grant II was the youngest son of Ulysses and Julia Grant and a mining engineer and lawyer in California. He ran for president in 1908 as a Democrat and wrote a book about his father's life.
