Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877
- Unconditional Surrender Grant
- The Hero of Appomattox
- Useless Grant
- The Galena Tanner (Due to his Artificially Orange pallor)
The Trivial Stuff:
- While he was president, Grant was arrested for driving his carriage too fast. He was fines $20.
- Ate a cucumber soaked in vinegar each morning for breakfast.
- The first president to take office while both of his parents were still alive.
- Changed his names from Hiram Ulysses Grant so as not to enter West Point with the initials H.U.G.
- Was a fourth cousin once removed from FDR, sixth cousin once removed from Grover Cleveland and a first cousin three times removed from Judy Garland. (And if you understood that, you deserve your pale complexion and lack of friends who aren’t related to you).
- Witness to some of the bloodiest battles but couldn’t stomach the sight of animal blood and rare steak nauseated him.
- Grant used to smoke about 7-10 cigars a day. Before he left office he was diagnosed with throat cancer. He used cocaine to swab and soothe his throat, to which he became addicted.
- And in the category, “I Thought That was Yogi Berra“: Once claimed that he knew two songs, “One was Yankee Doodle Dandy, and the other wasn’t.”
And isn’t there a mystery surrounding who is actually buried in Grant’s tomb? Why is that not included in your post. That question has plaqued America for ages, and yet we do nothing to answer the question. I feel let down by the system.
The real elephant in the room seems to be that he bears a remarkable resemblence to Bobcat Golthwaite.
Wait…Has anyone ever seen them in the same room at the same time?
I rest my case.
He apprenticed to be a tanner.
And he does look a little like Bobcat!
I think he looks more like Jon Reep.
Dude, you don’t know Jon Reep, I know Jon Reep, personally – and he look nothing like that!
lol