Definition of President grant

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of President Grant

President Andrew Johnson
President Arthur
President Benjamin Harrison
President Buchanan
President Bush
President Carter
President Cleveland
President Clinton
President Coolidge
President Eisenhower
President Fillmore
President Ford
President Franklin Roosevelt
President Garfield
President George W. Bush
President Grant
President Harding
President Harrison
President Hayes
President Hoover
President Jefferson
President John Adams
President John F. Kennedy
President John Quincy Adams
President Johnson
President Kennedy
President Lincoln
President Lyndon Johnson
President Madison
President McKinley

Literary usage of President grant

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"As early as 1870 president grant recommended measures of civil service reform, and succeeded in obtaining an act authorizing him to appoint a Civil Service ..."

2. Report by Public Archives of Canada (1893)
"Being the amount of Fees- mi divers public Instruments due to Mr. president grant between the llth September and the December 1805 inclusive. ..."

3. The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the by James Terry White (1895)
"In 1869 president grant appointed Mr. Marshall first assistant ... He was recalled to be made postmaster-general under president grant in August of 1874. ..."

4. History of the United States from the Compromise of 1850 by James Ford Rhodes (1906)
"president grant thanked and congratulated Sumner on his speech2 but if he had given his mind to the Alabama claims his policy would have been Chandler's and ..."

5. Great Debates in American Hist: From the Debates in the British Parliament by United States Congress, Great Britain Parliament, Marion Mills Miller (1913)
"No Action—president grant Repeats His Recommendation—John Sherman [O.] Introduces Bill in the Senate to Resume Specie Payments on January 1, 1879—Debate: ..."

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